modicityn.

Brit.

/mɒˈdɪsᵻti/,

/məˈdɪsᵻti/, U.S.

/mɑˈdɪsᵻdi/

Forms: 1600s modicitie, 1800s– modicity.

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

Etymology: < French modicité (1584 in Middle French) < post-classical Latin modicitat- , modicitas insignificance, littleness, smallness (5th cent.) < classical Latin modicus moderate (see modicum n.) + -tās (see -ty suffix¹; compare -ity suffix).

rare.

Moderateness.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > moderateness of quantity, amount, or degree > [noun]

modesty1531

mediocriture1574

modicity1611

reason1614

reasonableness1711

moderateness1781

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Modicité, modicitie, moderatenesse, meannesse, littlenesse.

1623 tr. A. Favyn Theater of Honour & Knight-hood iii. iv. 362 And those Iewels or Gifts..were not set down in the Inuentarie, after the Husbands decease, according to the modicitie of the price, or small value of the things then giuen.

1881 H. James Portrait of Lady II. iv. 53 Mrs. Touchett..found compensation for the darkness of her frontage in the modicity of her rent.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	modicity
释义	modicityn. Brit. /mɒˈdɪsᵻti/, /məˈdɪsᵻti/, U.S. /mɑˈdɪsᵻdi/ Forms: 1600s modicitie, 1800s– modicity. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French modicité. Etymology: < French modicité (1584 in Middle French) < post-classical Latin modicitat- , modicitas insignificance, littleness, smallness (5th cent.) < classical Latin modicus moderate (see modicum n.) + -tās (see -ty suffix¹; compare -ity suffix). rare. Moderateness. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > moderateness of quantity, amount, or degree > [noun] modesty1531 mediocriture1574 modicity1611 reason1614 reasonableness1711 moderateness1781 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Modicité, modicitie, moderatenesse, meannesse, littlenesse. 1623 tr. A. Favyn Theater of Honour & Knight-hood iii. iv. 362 And those Iewels or Gifts..were not set down in the Inuentarie, after the Husbands decease, according to the modicitie of the price, or small value of the things then giuen. 1881 H. James Portrait of Lady II. iv. 53 Mrs. Touchett..found compensation for the darkness of her frontage in the modicity of her rent. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1611
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