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agility|əˈdʒɪlɪtɪ|
Forms: 5 agilite, 5–6 agylyte, -ie, 6 agilitie, 6– agility.
[a. Fr. agilité (14th c.) ad. L. agilitāt-em, f. agilis: see agile.]
The quality of being agile; readiness for motion; nimbleness, activity, dexterity in motion.
1413Lydg. Pylgr. Sowle v. iii. (1483) 94 Subtilite Clerte Inpassibilite and agylyte ben cleped the dowerys of the body. 1483Caxton G.L. i. 3 Agilite and lightnes of theyr bodyes. 1533More Apol. ix. Wks. 1557, 863/2 Gyftes of nature..as wytte, bewtye, strengthe, agylytie. 1597Morley Introd. Music 150 With a quicke hand playing vpon an instrument, shewing in voluntarie the agilitie of his fingers. 1605Bacon Adv. Learn. i. vii. §3 They..trust to the agilitie of their wit. 1646Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. ii. iv. (1686) 60 Which motion is performed by the breath of the effluvium issuing with agility. 1791Cowper Iliad xi. 806 In my limbs No longer lives the agility of youth. 1801Strutt Sports & Past. Introd. 2. Exertions requiring strength and agility of body. |