† orbityn.

Forms: 1500s–1800s orbity, 1600s orbitie.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin orbitās.

Etymology: < classical Latin orbitās bereavement, childlessness < orbus orb adj. + -tās (see -ty suffix¹; compare -ity suffix). Compare Middle French, French †orbité childlessness (1560; earlier in Middle French in an isolated attestation as orbeté unspecified loss (14th cent.)).

Obsolete.

A bereavement, esp. the loss of a child; the state or condition of being bereaved. Also (esp. in later use): childlessness.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > parent > parenthood > [noun] > state of being childless

orbity1597

orbitude1623

childlessness1657

1597 Bp. J. King Lect. Ionas xlii. 580 Hee hath smitten..thy family with orbities and priuations.

a1631 J. Donne Annunt. & Passion in Poems (1633) 152 Not fully a mother, Shee's in Orbitie.

1637 T. Heywood Dialogue ii, in Wks. (1874) VI. 127 Wretched is that Orbitie And deprivation, which yet never had, Or euer shall haue issue.

1701 E. Sherburne Phaedra & Hippolytus v. i. 206 O what a Cross is Orbity to Age Broken with Sorrows!

1750 S. Johnson Rambler No. 69. ⁋6 Nothing seems to have been more universally dreaded by the ancients than orbity or want of children.

1804 W. Taylor in Crit. Rev. 3rd Ser. 1 11 In opulent families, where the means of maintenance..are profusely supplied, orbity is common.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	orbity
释义	† orbityn. Forms: 1500s–1800s orbity, 1600s orbitie. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin orbitās. Etymology: < classical Latin orbitās bereavement, childlessness < orbus orb adj. + -tās (see -ty suffix¹; compare -ity suffix). Compare Middle French, French †orbité childlessness (1560; earlier in Middle French in an isolated attestation as orbeté unspecified loss (14th cent.)). Obsolete. A bereavement, esp. the loss of a child; the state or condition of being bereaved. Also (esp. in later use): childlessness. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > parent > parenthood > [noun] > state of being childless orbity1597 orbitude1623 childlessness1657 1597 Bp. J. King Lect. Ionas xlii. 580 Hee hath smitten..thy family with orbities and priuations. a1631 J. Donne Annunt. & Passion in Poems (1633) 152 Not fully a mother, Shee's in Orbitie. 1637 T. Heywood Dialogue ii, in Wks. (1874) VI. 127 Wretched is that Orbitie And deprivation, which yet never had, Or euer shall haue issue. 1701 E. Sherburne Phaedra & Hippolytus v. i. 206 O what a Cross is Orbity to Age Broken with Sorrows! 1750 S. Johnson Rambler No. 69. ⁋6 Nothing seems to have been more universally dreaded by the ancients than orbity or want of children. 1804 W. Taylor in Crit. Rev. 3rd Ser. 1 11 In opulent families, where the means of maintenance..are profusely supplied, orbity is common. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1597
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