legerityn.

Brit.

/lᵻˈdʒɛrᵻti/, U.S.

/ləˈdʒɛrədi/

Forms: 1500s ligeritie, 1500s–1600s legeritie, 1500s–1600s legieritie, 1500s– legerity, 1600s legierite, 1600s leigeritie, 1600s ligeretie.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French legereté.

Etymology: < Middle French legereté (French légèreté ) thoughtlessness, thoughtless action (1150 in Old French as legerté ), lack of seriousness, inconstancy (1170 as legierté ), nimbleness, agility (13th cent. as legierté ) < leger leger adj. + -eté -ity suffix.

†1. Lack of proper seriousness or solemnity. Also: capriciousness, inconstancy. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > inattention > mental wandering > light-mindedness > [noun] > in conduct

triflinga1382

dalliance1548

toying1559

legerity1561

dallyingc1680

flightiness1747

coquetry1753

the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > inconstancy > [noun] > capriciousness

giddinessa1290

lightnessc1384

gerishnessa1513

fantasticnessc1550

unstaidnessa1557

fantasticalness1583

triflingnessa1586

spleen1598

capriciousness1607

skittishness1607

humorousness1611

wavinga1628

volageness1633

arbitrariness1643

garishness1649

legerity1652

mercury1653

volatility1655

caprich1656

humoursomeness1662

hoity-toity1668

jollity1670

unaccountableness1676

freak1678

whimsya1680

featheriness1689

toysomeness1697

caprice1711

whimsicalness1715

flirtation1718

whima1721

flightiness1747

whimsicality1761

giggishness1781

fancifulness1818

hoity-toityness1820

whifflery1835

crotchetiness1837

quirkiness1870

faddishness1884

faddism1885

vagarity1886

erraticism1889

whimsiness1909

1561 N. Throckmorton Let. 29 Apr. in P. F. Tytler Hist. Scotl. (1864) III. 146 Some others of her nation that be inclined to greater legerity, inconstancy, and corruption.

1598 R. Barret Theorike & Pract. Mod. Warres i. 12 A signe of great ligeritie and lightnesse.

1652 Earl of Monmouth tr. G. Bentivoglio Hist. Relations Flanders 153 It was rather his ambition and ligeretie..which made him take so sudden and unexpected a resolution.

a. Lightness in movement or action; nimbleness, agility; (later also) flexibility of mind; mental agility. Cf. lightness n.² 3.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > bodily movement > [noun] > qualities of bodily movement > agility or nimbleness

lightnessc1350

delivernessa1382

sleightc1385

deliverancec1410

agility?a1475

deliverhead1493

nimblenessa1500

quiverness?1548

delivery1590

legerity1590

nimbless1596

levity1607

agileness1653

airiness1731

spryness1865

nippiness1916

1590 J. Hammon tr. B. Aneau Αλεκτορ xxv. 177 The legeritie and swift turning of the vigorous Alector.

1600 Wisdome Doctor Dodypoll iii. sig. E3 The legieritie of her sweete feete.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry V (1623) iv. i. 23 The Organs..newly moue With casted slough, and fresh legeritie .

1640 tr. G. S. du Verdier Love & Armes Greeke Princes ii. 164 Considering that his legerity would more advantage him then his force, he concluded to combat him with judgement.

1792 tr. L. B. F. Bilderbeck Cyanna of Athens I. 17 Cyanna was dancing... ‘What grace, what legerity, what expression!’ cried Lysias, who now beheld her for the first time.

1822 W. Tennant Thane of Fife vi. 37 Worming his way with strange legerity.

1830 J. Galt Lawrie Todd I. iii. xvi. 297 Had I not cause for thankfulness on this occasion that I had been formed with such legerity?

1911 M. Beerbohm Zuleika Dobson viii. 138 Alighting with the legerity of a cat, he swerved leftward..and was off.

1925 E. Wylie Venetian Glass Nephew i. 14 The legerity of the French mind made the Gallic visitor quick to comprehend his desire for solitude.

1973 Shankar's Weekly 14 Jan. 25/3 Consummate plucking matched by the legerity of fingering.

1993 Washington Post (Nexis) 27 Apr. d18 He had the customary legerity of mind that many law students unaffectedly own.

b. gen. Lack of weight or weightiness; lightness of touch or feeling.

ΚΠ

1757 tr. Marquis d'Argens Philos. Visions xx. 210 There are Things which owe their Swiftness to the Legerity or Minuteness of their Nature.

1772 W. Hooper tr. L. S. Mercier Mem. Year Two Thousand Five Hundred I. viii. 44 A Frenchman is not more easily known by his countenance and his accent than by the legerity with which he talks and determines on all subjects.

1857 Morning Post 24 Feb. 5/4 It is like soap-sud bubbles in its fantastic legerity and hazy vagueness.

1978 Hudson Rev. 31 334 An altogether droll and inventive film..composed with a legerity which has not of late been customary chez Buñuel.

2013 Financial Express (India) (Nexis) 30 Mar. We couldn't believe the amount of veggies we had consumed, each being surprised at the freshness, legerity, and tastiness of eating such lightly prepared veggies.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	legerity
释义	legerityn. Brit. /lᵻˈdʒɛrᵻti/, U.S. /ləˈdʒɛrədi/ Forms: 1500s ligeritie, 1500s–1600s legeritie, 1500s–1600s legieritie, 1500s– legerity, 1600s legierite, 1600s leigeritie, 1600s ligeretie. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French legereté. Etymology: < Middle French legereté (French légèreté ) thoughtlessness, thoughtless action (1150 in Old French as legerté ), lack of seriousness, inconstancy (1170 as legierté ), nimbleness, agility (13th cent. as legierté ) < leger leger adj. + -eté -ity suffix. †1. Lack of proper seriousness or solemnity. Also: capriciousness, inconstancy. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > inattention > mental wandering > light-mindedness > [noun] > in conduct triflinga1382 dalliance1548 toying1559 legerity1561 dallyingc1680 flightiness1747 coquetry1753 the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > inconstancy > [noun] > capriciousness giddinessa1290 lightnessc1384 gerishnessa1513 fantasticnessc1550 unstaidnessa1557 fantasticalness1583 triflingnessa1586 spleen1598 capriciousness1607 skittishness1607 humorousness1611 wavinga1628 volageness1633 arbitrariness1643 garishness1649 legerity1652 mercury1653 volatility1655 caprich1656 humoursomeness1662 hoity-toity1668 jollity1670 unaccountableness1676 freak1678 whimsya1680 featheriness1689 toysomeness1697 caprice1711 whimsicalness1715 flirtation1718 whima1721 flightiness1747 whimsicality1761 giggishness1781 fancifulness1818 hoity-toityness1820 whifflery1835 crotchetiness1837 quirkiness1870 faddishness1884 faddism1885 vagarity1886 erraticism1889 whimsiness1909 1561 N. Throckmorton Let. 29 Apr. in P. F. Tytler Hist. Scotl. (1864) III. 146 Some others of her nation that be inclined to greater legerity, inconstancy, and corruption. 1598 R. Barret Theorike & Pract. Mod. Warres i. 12 A signe of great ligeritie and lightnesse. 1652 Earl of Monmouth tr. G. Bentivoglio Hist. Relations Flanders 153 It was rather his ambition and ligeretie..which made him take so sudden and unexpected a resolution. 2. a. Lightness in movement or action; nimbleness, agility; (later also) flexibility of mind; mental agility. Cf. lightness n.² 3. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > bodily movement > [noun] > qualities of bodily movement > agility or nimbleness lightnessc1350 delivernessa1382 sleightc1385 deliverancec1410 agility?a1475 deliverhead1493 nimblenessa1500 quiverness?1548 delivery1590 legerity1590 nimbless1596 levity1607 agileness1653 airiness1731 spryness1865 nippiness1916 1590 J. Hammon tr. B. Aneau Αλεκτορ xxv. 177 The legeritie and swift turning of the vigorous Alector. 1600 Wisdome Doctor Dodypoll iii. sig. E3 The legieritie of her sweete feete. a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry V (1623) iv. i. 23 The Organs..newly moue With casted slough, and fresh legeritie . View more context for this quotation 1640 tr. G. S. du Verdier Love & Armes Greeke Princes ii. 164 Considering that his legerity would more advantage him then his force, he concluded to combat him with judgement. 1792 tr. L. B. F. Bilderbeck Cyanna of Athens I. 17 Cyanna was dancing... ‘What grace, what legerity, what expression!’ cried Lysias, who now beheld her for the first time. 1822 W. Tennant Thane of Fife vi. 37 Worming his way with strange legerity. 1830 J. Galt Lawrie Todd I. iii. xvi. 297 Had I not cause for thankfulness on this occasion that I had been formed with such legerity? 1911 M. Beerbohm Zuleika Dobson viii. 138 Alighting with the legerity of a cat, he swerved leftward..and was off. 1925 E. Wylie Venetian Glass Nephew i. 14 The legerity of the French mind made the Gallic visitor quick to comprehend his desire for solitude. 1973 Shankar's Weekly 14 Jan. 25/3 Consummate plucking matched by the legerity of fingering. 1993 Washington Post (Nexis) 27 Apr. d18 He had the customary legerity of mind that many law students unaffectedly own. b. gen. Lack of weight or weightiness; lightness of touch or feeling. ΚΠ 1757 tr. Marquis d'Argens Philos. Visions xx. 210 There are Things which owe their Swiftness to the Legerity or Minuteness of their Nature. 1772 W. Hooper tr. L. S. Mercier Mem. Year Two Thousand Five Hundred I. viii. 44 A Frenchman is not more easily known by his countenance and his accent than by the legerity with which he talks and determines on all subjects. 1857 Morning Post 24 Feb. 5/4 It is like soap-sud bubbles in its fantastic legerity and hazy vagueness. 1978 Hudson Rev. 31 334 An altogether droll and inventive film..composed with a legerity which has not of late been customary chez Buñuel. 2013 Financial Express (India) (Nexis) 30 Mar. We couldn't believe the amount of veggies we had consumed, each being surprised at the freshness, legerity, and tastiness of eating such lightly prepared veggies. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1561
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