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inconspicuity

inconspicuity noun: the quality of being inconspicuous.

Noun

inconspicuity (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being inconspicuous.
    • Where, by the way, I offer, whether galls (ſuppoſing all aſtringents work by twiſting and curling, as before I ſhewed) do not twiſt the aculeate particles of diſſolved copperas, making of themſelves no colour, into numerous cones, and thereby produce a black colour; the propriety of cones, and...1756, Thomas Birch, compiler, The History of the Royal Society of London for Improving of Natural Knowledge, from Its First Rise. In Which the Most Considerable of Those Papers Communicated to the...
    • The cataract of the anterior capſula. […] It is known by viewing the pupil; behind which, after the cataract is depreſſed, the anterior lamina of the capſula remains obſcured; likewiſe by the opaque appearance behind the pupil, and inconſpicuity of the couching inſtrument behind the pupil.1793, William Rowley, The Rational Practice of Physic of William Rowley, M.D. […], volume III, London: […] [F]or the Author; sold by E. Newbery, […]; J. Hand, […], page 290

Synonyms of inconspicuity

Origin of inconspicuity

From inconspicuous + -ity.

Questions about inconspicuity

What does inconspicuity mean?
Inconspicuity means the quality of being inconspicuous.
What part of speech is inconspicuity?
Inconspicuity is a noun.

Words near inconspicuity in the dictionary

  1. inconsolate
  2. inconsonance
  3. inconsonances
  4. inconsonant
  5. inconsonantly
  6. inconspicuity
  7. inconspicuosity
  8. inconspicuous
  9. inconspicuously
  10. inconspicuousness
  11. inconstance

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