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fixidity Now rare.|fɪkˈsɪdɪtɪ|
[badly f. fix a. or fixed ppl. a., after fluidity.]
= fixity.
R. cites an example from Boyle's Works (1772) III. 78, where the orig. reading is fixity: see fixity 1 quot. 1666.
1762tr. Busching's Syst. Geol. I. 45 Copper retains its fixidity the longest in the fire next to Iron. 1778W. Pryce Min. Cornub. i. iii. 51 Quicksilver..has every property of Metal except fixidity. 1872W. F. Butler Great Lone Land xiii. (1875) 198 Assuming greater fixidity of purpose. |