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privityn. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French priveté. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman priveté, privetee, priveitie, priveité, privité, privitee and Old French priveté, Old French, Middle French privité secrecy, secret (c1170 in Old French), familiarity, intimacy (c1170 in Anglo-Norman) < privé privy adj. + -té -ty suffix1; compare -ity suffix. Compare post-classical Latin privitas intimacy, familiarity (9th cent.), something secret, a secret (1241 in a British source), state or condition of being a private person (1333 in a British source). With the γ. forms compare private adj.1, and also Old French, Middle French, French privauté secret, intimacy (13th cent.). Compare also privy n.Some of the γ. forms could instead be interpreted as showing private n., although in many cases metrical evidence makes it clear that the present word is shown. †1. A thing that is kept hidden or secret. society > faith > aspects of faith > Bible, Scripture > Testament > New Testament > Revelations > [noun] ?c1225 (?a1200) (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 121 God hise dearne runes & heouenliche priuetez schaude hise leoueste freont. c1300 St. Scholastica (Laud) 16 in C. Horstmann (1887) 198 (MED) Al dai heo tolden of godes priuetez..Of þe Ioye of heuene. c1330 (?a1300) (Auch.) (1973) 12 (MED) Childer þat ben to boke ysett..se Miche of Godes priuete, Hem to kepe and to ware Fram sinne. c1384 (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Matt. xiii. 11 To ȝou it is ȝouen for to knowe the mysterie, or priuyte [L. mysteria], of the kyngdam of heuenes. ?1387 T. Wimbledon (Corpus Cambr.) (1967) 96 (MED) Dampnacion is write in þe bok of Priuytes in þes wordis. a1400 (a1325) (Gött.) 23193 (MED) Þar sal be ȝolden him his hire, Als sas þe boke of preuite. ?a1425 (c1400) (Titus C.xvi) (1919) 82 (MED) He was ravisscht to heuene, & þere he saugh many preuytees of oure lord. c1440 (?a1375) Abbey Holy Ghost (Thornton) in G. G. Perry (1914) 59 (MED) God..schewes to þam of his heuenly priuatyse, þat es hide fro þam þat folowes fleschely desyris. c1475 (a1400) J. Wyclif (1880) 309 (MED) Jon euaungelist spak..in his book of priuetees. c1520 M. Nisbet (1901) I. 17 The foure euangelistis ar vndirstandin be iiij figuris of spirituale priuite... Johne..be ane egile [etc.]. 1537 W. Turner tr. Urbanus Regius Gi These priuities and mysteries be the artycles of oure fayth of the Gospell, the wysedome of the crosse. 1580 G. Harvey in E. Spenser & G. Harvey 13 And yet would you needes presume of your Capacities in such profound mysteries of Philosophie, and Priuities of Nature, as these be. the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > [noun] > something concealed, a secret > aim, plan c1300 St. Thomas Becket (Laud) 350 in C. Horstmann (1887) 116 (MED) Seint thomas to is priueitez euere-more he nam And heold him..is hexte conseiller. a1382 (Bodl. 959) Prov. xx. 19 To hym þat openeþ priuytees..ne be þou togidere mengd. a1400 (a1325) (Vesp.) 7228 Þe wijf..For noiþer for luue dredes, ne au, Dos man his priuetes to scau. c1425 J. Lydgate (Augustus A.iv) ii. 3182 (MED) Þer ne was no þing so secre Hid from his knowyng, nor no preuite. 1487 (a1380) J. Barbour (St. John's Cambr.) x. 161 [He] schew till sum his preuate. 1558 in A. Feuillerat (1908) 8 (margin) A Privitie to be amongest the officers. 1567 A. Golding tr. Ovid (new ed.) vii. f. 83v O trustie time of night Most faithfull vnto priuities. 1625 K. Long tr. J. Barclay iv. x. 268 I..did willingly scorne the danger which that hope and priuity might afford. 1659 J. Howell Brit. Prov. 22/1 in Thy wife must not partake thy privities. the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > quality of being special or restricted in application > [noun] > quality of being particular or not general > quality of being personal > quality of being intimate or private > private or personal matters c1300 St. Thomas Becket (Laud) 266 in C. Horstmann (1887) 114 (MED) He ne truste to no man..Þat he tolde his priueite so muche. c1330 (?a1300) (Auch.) (1973) 2689 (MED) Þe king him nam And al his men ladde him fram And gan his priuete vnhele. a1400 (a1325) (Vesp.) 7136 (MED) Þat was mikel vnleute, To telle hir husband priuete [a1400 Trin. Cambr. counsel]. a1475 (Lansd.) (Ph.D. diss., Univ. of Washington) (1965) 3858 (MED) To eche erthely man wole he noght Telle his priuete and his þoght. c1475 (a1449) J. Lydgate Order of Fools (Harl.) in (1840) 166 He is a foole, whiche to every wight Tellithe his counsail and his privité. 1487 (a1380) J. Barbour (St. John's Cambr.) v. 572 The king..richt towart thair cowert gais..For till do thar his preuate. 1596 E. Spenser iv. ix. sig. I2v Yet neither shewed to other their hearts priuity . View more context for this quotation ?a1685 Song of Lady Bessy in J. O. Halliwell (1850) 17 Through telling to women his privity. the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > privacy > [noun] society > society and the community > social relations > lack of social communication or relations > retirement or seclusion > [noun] society > society and the community > social relations > lack of social communication or relations > retirement or seclusion > [adverb] society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > mysticism > a mystery > [noun] ?c1225 (?a1200) (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 117 Richt hont þet is godwerc; bosum þet is priuete. ?a1300 Dame Sirith 84 in G. H. McKnight (1913) 4 Þat miȝtte welde secc a vif In priuite. c1300 St. Francis (Laud) 409 in C. Horstmann (1887) 65 (MED) Moyses opon synay was..Fourti daiȝes in priuete. a1400 (a1325) (Vesp.) 16271 Noght als in priueti [v. rr. priuite, priuete, previte] bot in yur aller sight. c1450 (1904) I. 37 (MED) Þis philisophur..lete hym witt in privatie betwix þaim two þat he wolde helpe hym. a1500 (?c1425) (1936) 77 Ȝif that he haue trespasid in a-vowtrie..but o tyme and in preuyte, let hym haue the penaunce of thre yere. 1528 sig. g viiiv Happely they do it in prevete. 1584–9 J. Maxwall f. 10v Be nocht peirte in prewetie Till ws na iniquitie. a1661 T. Fuller (1662) Oxf. 338 Being ambitious of Privity and Concealment. a1945 E. R. Eddison (1958) xxxviii. 200 I would desire to speak with you in privity between us two. the mind > emotion > love > friendliness > [noun] > intimacy a1250 Ureisun ure Louerde (Lamb.) in R. Morris (1868) 1st Ser. 185 (MED) Ich nabbe no mong ne felawscipe ne priuete wiþ þe world. 1340 (1866) 143 (MED) Of þise aquayntonce and of þise priuite, þe ilke holy zaule be-ginþ to habbe..an holy prede. a1393 J. Gower (Fairf.) viii. 425 (MED) The question..toucheth al the privete Betwen thin oghne child and thee. ?c1450 tr. (1906) 119 And bare hem more fauour and priuete thanne vnto her owne frendes. c1455 f. 95–6 Haldand land of him or duelland in his preuite as of his fre famal or ner of his kyn. 1485 W. Caxton tr. (1957) 31 The pryuete and promesse that he had wyth vyenne. the world > life > the body > sex organs > [noun] c1375 G. Chaucer 3905 His mantel ouer his hipes caste he For no man sholde seen his pryuetee. c1390 Charter Abbey Holy Ghost (Laud) in C. Horstmann (1895) I. 342 (MED) Adam & his wyf..tokene leeues of a fige-tre to hyden wiþ here priueyteys. ?a1425 (?1373) (1938) f. 41v (MED) The white put in a womanys priuete delyuereth woman of dede childe. c1450 (a1425) (Selden) 205 With lefvs þer priuates can thei hyd. ?a1475 (1922) 24 (MED) Oure pore preuytes ffor to hede, Summe ffygge levys fayn wolde I fynde. c1480 (a1400) St. Paul 712 in W. M. Metcalfe (1896) I. 49 Ay as men war hyr scherand þai prewetes. 1555 W. Waterman tr. J. Boemus i. iv. 41 The moste part of them..go naked; couering their priuities with shiepes tayles. 1599 A. M. tr. O. Gaebelkhover 238/2 When as the privityes..are tumefactede, or swollene. 1604 T. Middleton Blacke Bk. in (1885) VIII. 24 The bare privities of the stone-walls were hid with two pieces of painted cloth. 1671 J. Sharp i. xviii. 77 The outward Lap, Lips, or Privity. 1713 T. Hearne (1898) IV. 217 One Hand she holds up, namely ye right one, the left upon her Privities. 1785 F. Grose at Hat Old hat, a woman's privities. 1822 J. M. Good II. 643 The inflammations that are stated to have fallen upon the privities. 1872 R. Ludlam viii. 156 He had examined, by inspection, the [woman's] privities, but could not discover the cause. 1955 W. Gaddis i. i. 10 Tables with braziers underneath..toasted their sandaled feet, warmed them as far as the privities. 1980 E. Jong ii. ii. 178 Mark ye well, keep the Sponge (or buy another at the Apothecary) an' soak it in Vinegar an' put it in yer Privity before ye lay abed with any Man—'twill keep ye out of' the Family Way. 1993 P. Ackroyd (1994) iii. 105 He was standing against the opposite wall,..as pale as a corpse and naked unto his paps and privities. 5. Chiefly Law. society > law > legal concepts > [noun] > interest > mutual or joint 1523 J. Fitzherbert xii. f. 25 Bytwene the lorde and hym that dyed, there was no maner of priuyte of bargayn or couynaunt. 1528–30 tr. T. Littleton (new ed.) f. xliiiv That reles shalbe voyde for this yt than no pryuyte was bytwene me & the tenaunt for terme of yeres. 1530 xlv. f. cxix Thoughe the lawe for the pryuyty of blode that ys bytwene theym suffre hym to haue a dysaduauntage. 1582 G. Whetstone vii. sig. X.ijv The loue we beare vnto our Parents, is..reuerent..Unto our Bretherne, naturall, because of the priuitie in blood. 1670 T. Blount (at cited word) If there be a Lord and Tenant, and the Tenant holds of the Lord by certain services, there is a privity between them in respect of the tenure. 1702 vi. 57 The Executor of J.S. shall be Executor to the first Testator, and shall bring Action for Arrears of Annuity due to the first Testator, for there is privity between him and the first Testator. 1766 W. Blackstone II. xx. 325 In both these cases there must be a privity of estate between the relessor and relessee. 1805 W. Cruise V. 135 The privity must be both in blood and estate, for privity in blood only will not be sufficient [to make a fine bar an estate tail]. 1844 J. Williams iv. i. 393 Between him [sc. the lessor] and the underlessee, no privity is said to exist. 1924 23 Feb. 4/2 The drawer had no cause of action because..there was no promise by the bankers, and no privity between them. 1966 R. E. Megarry & H. W. R. Wade 725 If there is privity of estate, but not privity of contract, only covenants which touch and concern the land are enforceable. 1983 B. A. K. Rider 3 In the vast majority of stock exchange transactions the notion of privity between the buyer and seller is a legal fiction. 2005 (Nexis) 1 Dec. 50 Implied warranties are generally not enforceable if there is no privity between the claimant and the manufacturer. society > law > legal obligation > contract > [noun] > limitation to two parties involved 1650 T. Ireland iii. 59 Notwithstanding the assignement, and the privity of estate removed by the act of the Lessee himselfe the privity of contract remaines. 1732 J. Lilly (ed. 2) 7 So long as the Privity of Contract remains, an Action of Debt may be brought for the Rent any where. 1819 27 Jan. 3/3 Debt will not lie in all cases on bills of exchange. There must be a privity of contract; and, therefore, debt will not lie by the endorse against the acceptor. 1913 7 884 The Tribunal finds that there was no privity of contract between the United States Government and the owners of the King Robert who were merely contractors with a sub-contractor of McCall & Co. 1959 A. G. Guest (ed. 21) iii. 86 He is unable to sue because there is no privity of contract between him and the promisor. 2001 101 830 The assignee is deemed to be bound by all material covenants of the original lease—even though there is no privity of contract between landlord and assignee. 6. the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > [noun] > knowledge of secrets 1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane f. ciij And by the Emperours priuitie [L. permissa Caesaris], moue a reconciliation and to treate with hym of fyue thynges. 1587 A. Fleming et al. (new ed.) III. Contin. 1374/2 He vnderstood matters were determined in France without his priuitie. 1638 R. Baillie (1841) I. 31 This I thought not possible without my privitie. 1694 Ld. Delamere 75 That which makes a Man guilty of Treason or any other Crime is his Privity or Consent to it. 1736 Ld. Hervey (1848) I. 73 France and England the pageant mediators in a quarrel..which was made up without their privity. 1790 W. Paley i. 2 Without any direct privity or communication with each other. 1852 C. Merivale (ed. 2) I. iii. 130 Antonius was suspected of privity to their designs. 1881 Nov. 41/1 I ordered that every sentinel..be..not allowed to communicate with any one without my privity and consent. 1905 W. D. Howells xi. 156 With his privity to the impending tragedy he felt like a fiend. 1972 M. Renault (1974) xx. 269 They had loathed him, and were suspected of privity to his murder. 1986 ‘E. Peters’ (1987) x. 158 His privity to Sanan's marriage plans would keep him proud and glad to the day of his death. society > law > legal obligation > [noun] > legal liability > specific liability 1734 c. 15 §1 For ascertaining and settling how far Owners of Ships and Vessels shall be answerable for any Gold, [etc.]..which shall be made away with by the Masters or Mariners, without the Privity of the Owners thereof.] 1852 L. Woodbury II. 169 The owner is still liable beyond the value of the vessel and freight, if the damage or neglect was ‘committed or occasioned’ with ‘the fault or privity of such owner’. 1867 (Council of Law Reporting) 1 106 The next question is, whether there is any privity... The question is, whether there was any fault here to which it might be said the master was privy. 1915 9 336 The owner,..alleging that the loss was occasioned and occurred without its privity or knowledge, filed a petition. 1979 23 Apr. 22/3 In a number of cases, judges have discovered some fault or ‘privity’ on the part of the shipowner in causing the accident. Such privity—the appointment of an incompetent master, for example—may defeat limitation of liability. 2004 (Nexis) 9 Oct. 9 Underwriters..argued that the assured had blind eye knowledge which sufficed to establish the necessary privity within the meaning of the Marine Insurance Act. Compounds 1600 sig. H3v My Lady Gentlewoman is euen heere in her priuitye walk. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2022). <  n.?c1225 |
