单词 | parvity |
释义 | parvityn. Smallness. Now only in parvity of matter [after post-classical Latin parvitas materiae] : triviality, esp. of a sin or crime. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > smallness > [noun] littlenessOE ungreatc1275 littleheadc1350 smallnessa1398 littlelaikc1450 exiguity1604 pusillage1610 parvity1620 parvitude1652 petitenessa1676 exiguousness1727 exility1779 toydom1882 weeness1882 1620 T. Venner Via Recta viii. 190 Through paruity of exercise..many crude..humours are bred. 1650 J. Bulwer Anthropometamorphosis i. 4 Such a kind of turbinated figure represents a certain parvitie. 1691 J. Ray Wisdom of God 119 But what are these for their fineness and parvity. 1844 Living Age 13 July 567/2 Though there be great parvity in the idea.., still we are bound to confess that the count has executed his self-appointed task with all the zeal of a literary Introducteur des Ambassadeurs. 1891 Catholic World Dec. 335 The transgression of these precepts admits of no parvity of matter. 1977 C. E. Curran Themes in Fund. Moral Theol. vii. 169 In matters of sexuality there can be parvity of matter; i.e., not all offenses against sexuality involve grave matter. 1990 Chicago Tribune (Nexis) 4 Apr. Participation in a ‘just war’ justified killing. Sexual sins did not admit parvity of matter. 1996 ASAP (Nexis) 30 Nov. 17 Stealing a dime was not to be regarded as mortally sinful because of ‘parvity of matter’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1620 |
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