confinityn.

/kənˈfɪnɪti/

Etymology: < French confinité (14th cent. in Littré), < confin or Latin confīnis : see -ity suffix; compare affinity.

Now rare or Obsolete.

The position of bordering on something else; neighbourhood, contiguity, adjacency. (literal and figurative.)

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > distance > nearness > [noun] > adjacency

confinity1544

adjacence1605

apposition1606

adjacency1640

contiguity1796

co-adjacency1842

co-adjacence1850

1544 Bk. Chyldren in T. Phaer tr. J. Goeurot Regiment of Lyfe (new ed.) sig. b.i^v For confinitye of the matter, I entend to wryte somwhat of the nource and of the mylke.

1593 T. Bilson Perpetual Govt. Christes Church 153 I shall not neede to prooue the confinitie between [them].

1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Confinity,..Nearness of Place.

1739 E. Carter tr. F. Algarotti Sir I. Newton's Philos. Explain'd II. iv. 62 Systems which supposed Colour might be changed by Refraction, Reflection, the Confinity to Shadow.

1848 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 64 379 The confinity with agitated France, and consequently a more active affinity with its ideas.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

单词	confinity
释义	confinityn. /kənˈfɪnɪti/ Etymology: < French confinité (14th cent. in Littré), < confin or Latin confīnis : see -ity suffix; compare affinity. Now rare or Obsolete. The position of bordering on something else; neighbourhood, contiguity, adjacency. (literal and figurative.) ΘΚΠ the world > space > distance > nearness > [noun] > adjacency confinity1544 adjacence1605 apposition1606 adjacency1640 contiguity1796 co-adjacency1842 co-adjacence1850 1544 Bk. Chyldren in T. Phaer tr. J. Goeurot Regiment of Lyfe (new ed.) sig. b.i^v For confinitye of the matter, I entend to wryte somwhat of the nource and of the mylke. 1593 T. Bilson Perpetual Govt. Christes Church 153 I shall not neede to prooue the confinitie between [them]. 1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Confinity,..Nearness of Place. 1739 E. Carter tr. F. Algarotti Sir I. Newton's Philos. Explain'd II. iv. 62 Systems which supposed Colour might be changed by Refraction, Reflection, the Confinity to Shadow. 1848 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 64 379 The confinity with agitated France, and consequently a more active affinity with its ideas. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.1544
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