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单词 grandity
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grandityn.

Brit. /ˈɡrandᵻti/, U.S. /ˈɡrændədi/
Forms: 1500s–1600s granditie, 1800s– grandity.
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin granditās.
Etymology: < classical Latin granditās (of style) grandeur, elevation, (of a person's age) advanced condition < grandis grand adj. + -tās (see -ty suffix1; compare -ity suffix). Compare Middle French grandité (12th cent. in Old French; rare).
Now rare.
Grandeur, stateliness. Also: an attribute or mark of greatness.
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the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > majesty, glory, or grandeur > [noun]
athelc885
highnesseOE
brightnessOE
thrumOE
worshipOE
highship?c1225
nobleyec1300
pridec1330
realtya1375
rialtya1375
greatnessc1384
nobletya1387
magnificencec1390
regalya1393
greatheada1400
hautesse1399
lordliness1440
celsitudec1450
excelsitudec1470
state1488
princeliness1545
kingliness1548
royalty1548
amplitudec1550
grandity1589
grandeur1600
glory1613
majesticalness1613
augusteity1615
grandezza1629
augustness1644
raisedness1645
celsity1656
splendidnessa1657
grandness1663
exaltedness1730
halo1813
queenliness1831
aureole1852
magnateship1916
1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie iii. xxiv. 248 And in a Prince it is decent to goe slowly, and to march with leysure, and with a certaine granditie rather than grauitie.
1605 W. Camden Remaines ii. 1 Our Poets..excell in granditie and grauity.
1689 T. Plunket Char. Good Commander 34 Inheritor..of his ample territories and other grandities.
1839 J. Rogers Antipopopriestian x. ii. 252 Beings so unequal in dignity and grandity.
1871 G. G. Scott Clumber Chase II. ii. 26 He was not one of your pompous household tyrants either, puffed up with grandity.
1945 M. Irwin Young Bess xvii. 191 He spoke of the grace and ‘grandity’ of her deportment.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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