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gracility|grəˈsɪlɪtɪ|
[ad. L. gracilitāt-em, f. gracilis slender: see gracile and -ity.]
1. The state or character of being gracile; slenderness, leanness.
1623Cockeram, Gracilitie, leannesse. 1661Lovell Hist. Anim. & Min. 431 Gracility of the part. 1707Floyer Physic. Pulse-Watch 53 By the dryness we describe the gracility or hardness; and by the humidity the plumpness or obesity of the habit of the Body. 1833Sir W. Hamilton Discuss. (1853) 126 It [a book] was accordingly subjected to a process of extenuation, out of which it emerged, reduced to a little more than a third of its original gracility. 1855Milman Lat. Chr. xiv. ix. (1864) IX. 313 As the niches became..narrower the saints..shrunk to meagre gracility.
2. fig. Of literary style: unornamented simplicity.
1900T. W. Wratislaw A. C. Swinburne 146 The dexterous verses To a Cat are in a lighter tune than usual, recalling the gracility of Hugo. 1906Academy 1 Sept. 201/2 Their spontaneity, their gracility, to borrow a word from the Latin, is perfect. |