calidity en · NOUN
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin caliditās, whence the Italian calidità. Compare calid.
Meanings
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(obsolete, uncountable, usually) Heat.
The queſtion is in vvhat part of this Serpent the poyſon doth lye; Some ſay in the head alone, and that therefore the Bazeliske is deafe, bycauſe the Ayre vvhich ſerueth the Organe of hearing, is reſolued by the intenſiue calidity: but this ſeemeth not to bee true, […]
1608, Edward Topsell, “Of the Cockatrice”, in The Historie of Serpents. Or, The Second Booke of Liuing Creatures: […], London: […] William Jaggard, →OCLC, page 124:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| calidities | Number=Plur | lexicographic |