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inmacy

inmacy noun: the state of being an inmate.

Noun

inmacy (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) The state of being an inmate.
    • When invited to the house of another friend , could he villainously make use of his inmacy to seduce the partner of that friend's bosom?November 3, 1802, James Somervell, Letter to John R. Eaton, page 43
    • A great many of our inmates, Mr. Wells, have come to the Château de Schaerbeck as invalids, but before a month of their inmacy—if I may use a favourite expression of Mrs. B. — has expired, they have invariably trod the plancher in all the erect majesty of perfect health and strength.1853, Dudley Costello, “Our Boarding-House in Brussels”, in The New Monthly Magazine, volume 97, page 31

Examples of inmacy in a sentence

  • The periods of continuous inmacy are somewhat longer for females.1927, Pennsylvania. Dept. of Welfare, Bulletin, page 23:
  • The table hereunder sets out the period of inmacy of the male patients:1956, Australia. Parliament, The Records of the Proceedings and the Printed Papers:

Origin of inmacy

From inmate + -cy.

Questions about inmacy

What does inmacy mean?
Inmacy means the state of being an inmate.
How do you use inmacy in a sentence?
The periods of continuous inmacy are somewhat longer for females.
What part of speech is inmacy?
Inmacy is a noun.

Words near inmacy in the dictionary

  1. inlumined
  2. inlumining
  3. inly
  4. inlying
  5. INM
  6. inmacy
  7. Inman
  8. inmantle
  9. inmantles
  10. inmarriage
  11. inmarriages

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