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optimacy

optimacy noun: government by the nobility.

Noun

optimacy (countable and uncountable, plural optimacies)

  1. government by the nobility
    • mixture 'twixt Monarchy, Optimacy, and Democracy1640, I. H. [i.e., James Howell], ΔΕΝΔΡΟΛΟΓΊΑ [DENDROLOGIA]. Dodona’s Grove, or, The Vocall Forrest, London: […] T[homas] B[adger] for H. Mosley [i.e., Humphrey Moseley] […], →OCLC
  2. the nobility, collectively
  3. a most favourable condition or state

Forms of optimacy

pluraloptimacies

Origin of optimacy

Compare French optimatie. See optimate.

Questions about optimacy

What does optimacy mean?
Optimacy means government by the nobility.
What part of speech is optimacy?
Optimacy is a noun.
What is the plural of optimacy?
The plural of optimacy is optimacies.

Words near optimacy in the dictionary

  1. optics
  2. optigraph
  3. optigraphs
  4. optima
  5. optimacies
  6. optimacy
  7. optimal
  8. optimalisation
  9. optimalisations
  10. optimalise
  11. optimalised

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