triplicity
/tɹɪˈplɪsɪti/
triplicity noun: the quality or state of being triple or threefold; trebleness.
Noun
triplicity (countable and uncountable, plural triplicities)
- The quality or state of being triple or threefold; trebleness.
- In their trinall triplicities on hye1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto XII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 39
- The division of the twelve signs according to the four elements.
- he very promptly and speedily formed and fashioned a complete fabric of the houses of heaven in all their parts, whereof when he had considered the situation and the aspects in their triplicities, he fetched a deep sigh, and said: I have clearly enough already discovered unto you the fate of your...1693, Thomas Urquhart (translator), The Third Book (originally by François Rabelais) Chapter 25
Forms of triplicity
| plural | triplicities |
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Origin of triplicity
From triplic(ate) + -ity, from Latin triplicitas, from Latin triplex, triplicis (“threefold”). Compare French triplicité. See triplicate.
Words that rhyme with triplicity
- felicity
- simplicity
- elasticity
- electricity
- atomicity
- publicity
- ethnicity
- laicity
- historicity
- infelicity
- plasticity
- syntheticity
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Questions about triplicity
- What does triplicity mean?
- Triplicity means the quality or state of being triple or threefold; trebleness.
- What part of speech is triplicity?
- Triplicity is a noun.
- How do you pronounce triplicity?
- Triplicity is pronounced /tɹɪˈplɪsɪti/.
- What is the plural of triplicity?
- The plural of triplicity is triplicities.
Words near triplicity in the dictionary
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