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strenuity

strenuity noun: strenuousness; activity.

Noun

strenuity (uncountable)

  1. (archaic) strenuousness; activity
    • sword and fire should force
      Both ships and lives of all the Greeks.
      And thus, unlike affects Bred like strenuity in both.[1611?], Homer, “Book XV”, in Geo[rge] Chapman, transl., The Iliads of Homer Prince of Poets. […], London: […] Nathaniell Butter, →OCLC; republished as The Iliads of Homer, Prince of Poets, […], new...

Origin of strenuity

From strenu(ous) + -ity, from Latin strenuitas.

Questions about strenuity

What does strenuity mean?
Strenuity means strenuousness; activity.
What part of speech is strenuity?
Strenuity is a noun.

Words near strenuity in the dictionary

  1. Strensall
  2. Strensall with Towthorpe
  3. Strensham
  4. strenth
  5. strenths
  6. strenuity
  7. strenuosities
  8. strenuosity
  9. strenuous
  10. strenuously
  11. strenuousness

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