† pernicityn.

Forms: 1500s pernicitie, 1600s–1700s pernicity.

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

Etymology: < classical Latin pernīcitās quickness, nimbleness < pernīci- , pernix swift, nimble (see pernicious adj.²) + -tās (see -ty suffix¹; compare -ity suffix).

Obsolete.

Swiftness, quickness, agility.

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the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > [noun]

swiftnessc888

speedOE

swiftship?c1225

swifthead1340

speedfulnessc1386

quickness?a1425

hastinessc1425

speediheadc1450

swiftinessa1464

radeur1477

celerity1483

speediness1530

swithnessc1540

velocity1555

raptness1582

pernicity1592

rapidity1601

fastness1604

fleetness1625

rida1642

rapidness1650

mercuriousnessa1661

1592 T. Nashe Pierce Penilesse (Brit. Libr. copy) sig. L1 By the incomparable pernicitie of those ayrie bodies, we [spirits]..out-strip the swiftnes of men, beasts and birds.

1657 G. Thornley tr. Longus Daphnis & Chloe 69 The ship, with an irrevocable pernicity and swiftnesse was carried away.

1704 J. Norris Ess. Ideal World II. vii. 356 Whose resistence being increased by the swiftness and pernicity of their motion.

1730 T. Fuller Exanthematologia 40 The Particles struck off between a Steel and Flint, which whirl with such a Pernicity as to become Fire.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	pernicity
释义	† pernicityn. Forms: 1500s pernicitie, 1600s–1700s pernicity. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin pernīcitās. Etymology: < classical Latin pernīcitās quickness, nimbleness < pernīci- , pernix swift, nimble (see pernicious adj.²) + -tās (see -ty suffix¹; compare -ity suffix). Obsolete. Swiftness, quickness, agility. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > [noun] swiftnessc888 speedOE swiftship?c1225 swifthead1340 speedfulnessc1386 quickness?a1425 hastinessc1425 speediheadc1450 swiftinessa1464 radeur1477 celerity1483 speediness1530 swithnessc1540 velocity1555 raptness1582 pernicity1592 rapidity1601 fastness1604 fleetness1625 rida1642 rapidness1650 mercuriousnessa1661 1592 T. Nashe Pierce Penilesse (Brit. Libr. copy) sig. L1 By the incomparable pernicitie of those ayrie bodies, we [spirits]..out-strip the swiftnes of men, beasts and birds. 1657 G. Thornley tr. Longus Daphnis & Chloe 69 The ship, with an irrevocable pernicity and swiftnesse was carried away. 1704 J. Norris Ess. Ideal World II. vii. 356 Whose resistence being increased by the swiftness and pernicity of their motion. 1730 T. Fuller Exanthematologia 40 The Particles struck off between a Steel and Flint, which whirl with such a Pernicity as to become Fire. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1592
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