uberty en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈjuːbəti/ (UK)
- /ˈjubɚti/ (US)
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English uberte, from Middle French uberté, from Latin ūbertās, from ūber (“womb”).
Meanings
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(archaic, uncountable) Fertile growth, abundance, fruitfulness; copiousness, plenty.
But it does not contribute to the uberty of reasoning, which far more calls for solicitous care.
1913/1998, Charles Sanders Peirce, "An Essay toward Improving Our Reasoning in Security and in Uberty" (1913), first published in The Essential Peirce: Selected Philosophical Writings Volume 2 (Indiana University Press, 1998) p. 465to this day they yet enjoy that naturall ubertie and fruitfulnesse, which without labouring toyle, doth in such plenteous abundance furnish them with all necessary things […].
, Folio Society 2006, vol.1, p.209