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formosity Obs. exc. arch.|fɔːˈmɒsɪtɪ|
[a. OF. formosité, ad. L. formōsitāt-em, f. formōsus: see formose, formous a. and -ity.]
Beauty; also, a beauty.
1489–99Inscription in Wood Life (Oxf. Hist. Soc.) II. 409 Thys chapill floryschyd with formosyte spectabyll. a1521Helyas in Thoms Prose Rom. (1858) III. 27 The beaute and formosite of hir noble persone. 1647R. Baron Cyprian Acad. 8 A Damsell of exquisite formosity. 1652F. Kirkman Clerio & Lozia 122 It is idolatrous for him to bend before so many graces and formosities. 1893T. F. Henderson Old World Scot. xv. 172 Squalor and dirt were thoroughly antagonistic to adornment and ‘formosity’. |