英语词汇“firmity”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	firmity
释义	▪ I. † ˈfirmity¹ Obs. Also 5–6 fermete, -itie, 6–7 firmitie, -yte. [a. OF. fermeté, f. ferme firm a.; refashioned after firm and -ity.] 1. Firmness, solidity, stability. Also, moral firmness, firm allegiance, constancy. a1450Knt. de la Tour (1868) 83 [It] were to long to compte the tenthe party of her fermete, for they ouercome the deuelle and hys temptaciones.1480Bury Wills (1850) 59 For the more fermete and stedfastenes therof, and that yt perpetually shulde indure.1563W. Fulke Meteors (1640) 25 b, There was no firmity or strength in it [the ayre] to beare them [birds] up.1589Puttenham Eng. Poesie ii. (Arb.) 113 The square..for his owne stay and firmitie requireth none other base then himselfe.1638Chillingworth Rel. Prot. i. vi. §7. 329 The strength and firmity of my assent.a1656Ussher Ann. vi. (1658) 337 Pyrrhus, doubting the firmity of the Macedons unto him, yielded thereto.c1729Earl of Ailesbury Mem. (1890) 51 His firmity and presence of mind. 2. A means of strengthening; an assurance. 1523St. Papers Hen. VIII, IV. 94 If mariage myght be goten on this side and that side, it woll be..good for bothe the realmes, and a firmyte of kindnes. ▪ II. † ˈfirmity² Obs.^—1 Aphetic f. infirmity. 1426Audelay Poems 31 To socour ham, in here fyrmeté.
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