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单词 parvity
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parvityn.

Brit. /ˈpɑːvᵻti/, U.S. /ˈpɑrvədi/
Forms: 1600s paruity, 1600s parvitie, 1600s 1800s– parvity.
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin parvitās.
Etymology: < classical Latin parvitās smallness, insignificance < parvus little (see parvi- comb. form) + -tās (see -ty suffix1; compare -ity suffix).
Smallness. Now only in parvity of matter [after post-classical Latin parvitas materiae] : triviality, esp. of a sin or crime.
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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).
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