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callidity Now rare.|kəˈlɪdɪtɪ|
Also 7 (erron.) calidity.
[ad. L. calliditātem cunning, craft (in good or bad sense), f. callidus skilful, cunning, crafty: see -ity.]
Craftiness, cunning.
1524St. Papers Hen. VIII, VI. 280 His Holines, unto whom the callidities and crafty circumvencions of France be not unknowen. 1677Gale Crt. Gentiles II. iii. 99 Πανουργια signifies al manner of Calliditie or dexteritie to cheat & deceive. 1752Smart Hop Garden, Her eagle-ey'd callidity, deceit And fairy faction. 1833Fraser's Mag. VIII. 203 Suspect their own intimate friends of callidity. |