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† ˈfedity Obs.
Also 6 feditee, 7 fœdity.
[ad. L. fœditāt-em, f. fœdus foul: see -ity.]
1. Foulness, impurity, loathsomeness, whether moral or physical.
1542Udall in Lett. Lit. Men (Camden) 6 Xenocrates..began sumwhat to declare of the feditee of riot and drunkeness. a1619M. Fotherby Atheom. i. xi. §4 (1622) 116 All these delicacies..when they come into the belly, they are wrapt vp together, in one and the same fœdity. 1649Bp. Hall Cases Consc. iv. x. (1654) 375 The fœdity and unnaturalness of the match. a1656Ussher Ann. (1658) 342 Being conscious..of the feditie of his own desire. 1657Tomlinson Renou's Disp. 186 The..fedity of the skin. 1721–1800in Bailey.
2. pl. Foul or disgusting practices.
1539Latimer Serm. & Rem. (1845) 417 When comperites doth shew what fedities doth grow. 1640Bp. Hall Episc. i. ii. 9 All the superstitions and fœdities of the Romish Religion. 1675J. Smith Chr. Relig. Appeal ii. 23 Charging them..with the devouring of their own Children..and many other fedities. 1755G. Lavington Moravians compared 65 Some Fedities common amongst the Gnosticks, not fit to be named. |