dicacityn.

/dɪˈkasɪti/

Etymology: < Latin dicāx, dicāc-em, sarcastic ( < dic- stem of dīcĕre to say, speak) + -ity suffix.

Obsolete or archaic.

A jesting or mocking habit of speech; raillery, banter; pertness. (Sometimes after Latin dīcĕre: Talkativeness, babbling.)

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > derision, ridicule, or mockery > banter or good-humoured ridicule > [noun]

mirth1560

dicacity1592

jest1597

pleasantry1602

raillery1642

rallery1652

badinage1658

banter1660

disport1667

badinerie1712

rig1725

bantery1739

jokery1740

persiflage1757

quizzery1809

quiz1819

chaff1841

borak1845

barrackc1890

mickey-take1968

smack talk1989

bants2008

1592 F. Bacon Conf. Pleasure (1870) 8 Vespasian, a man exceedinglie giuen to the humor of dicacitie and iesting.

1637 T. Heywood Dial. iv, in Wks. (1874) VI. 185 His quicke dicacitie Would evermore be taunting my voracitie.

a1670 J. Hacket Scrinia Reserata (1693) ii. 133 Lucilius, a centurion, in Tacitus Annal. lib. 1, had a scornful name given him by the military dicacity of his own company.

1751 J. Byrom Enthusiasm in Poems (1773) II. 23 To remit the freedom of inquiry..for their dicacity.

1840 New Monthly Mag. 60 55 Between human eloquence, and the dicacity of the parrot..there is all the difference in the world.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online March 2019).

单词	dicacity
释义	dicacityn. /dɪˈkasɪti/ Etymology: < Latin dicāx, dicāc-em, sarcastic ( < dic- stem of dīcĕre to say, speak) + -ity suffix. Obsolete or archaic. A jesting or mocking habit of speech; raillery, banter; pertness. (Sometimes after Latin dīcĕre: Talkativeness, babbling.) ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > derision, ridicule, or mockery > banter or good-humoured ridicule > [noun] mirth1560 dicacity1592 jest1597 pleasantry1602 raillery1642 rallery1652 badinage1658 banter1660 disport1667 badinerie1712 rig1725 bantery1739 jokery1740 persiflage1757 quizzery1809 quiz1819 chaff1841 borak1845 barrackc1890 mickey-take1968 smack talk1989 bants2008 1592 F. Bacon Conf. Pleasure (1870) 8 Vespasian, a man exceedinglie giuen to the humor of dicacitie and iesting. 1637 T. Heywood Dial. iv, in Wks. (1874) VI. 185 His quicke dicacitie Would evermore be taunting my voracitie. a1670 J. Hacket Scrinia Reserata (1693) ii. 133 Lucilius, a centurion, in Tacitus Annal. lib. 1, had a scornful name given him by the military dicacity of his own company. 1751 J. Byrom Enthusiasm in Poems (1773) II. 23 To remit the freedom of inquiry..for their dicacity. 1840 New Monthly Mag. 60 55 Between human eloquence, and the dicacity of the parrot..there is all the difference in the world. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < n.1592
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