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definitude en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /dɪˈfɪnɪt(j)uːd/

Etymology

From de- + finitude or de- + Latin fin(is) + -itude, ultimately from Renaissance Latin finitūdō (“signifying a noun of state”), from fīnis (“end, limit”) + -tūdō.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) definiteness
   • Definitude […] is a knowledge of minute differences. a. 1857, William Hamilton, edited by H[enry] L[ongueville] Mansel and John Veitch, Lectures on Metaphysics and Logic […], volume (please specify |volume=I to IV), Edinburgh; London: William Blackwood and Sons, published 1859–1860, →OCLC:
2. (countable, uncountable) The quality of being definite, precise, or exact.

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