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pernicity

pernicity noun: swiftness; celerity.

Noun

pernicity (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) swiftness; celerity
    • the rest that have no such armature, should be endued with great swiftness or pernicity1691, John Ray, The Wisdom of God Manifested in the Works of the Creation. […], London: […] Samuel Smith, […], →OCLC

Origin of pernicity

From pernic(ious) + -ity, from Latin pernicitas. See pernicious.

Questions about pernicity

What does pernicity mean?
Pernicity means swiftness; celerity.
What part of speech is pernicity?
Pernicity is a noun.

Words near pernicity in the dictionary

  1. pernicious anæmias
  2. pernicious scale
  3. pernicious scales
  4. perniciously
  5. perniciousness
  6. pernicity
  7. pernicketily
  8. pernicketiness
  9. pernickety
  10. pernigraniline
  11. Pernik

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