callidityn.

Brit.

/kəˈlɪdᵻti/, U.S.

/kəˈlɪdᵻdi/,

/kæˈlɪdᵻdi/

Forms: late Middle English callydyte, 1500s– callidity, 1600s calliditie.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin calliditāt-, calliditās.

Etymology: < classical Latin calliditāt-, calliditās cleverness, skill, craftiness, cunning < callidus callid adj.² + -tās (see -ty suffix¹; compare -ity suffix). Compare Middle French callidité shrewdness, cleverness, deception, trickery (end of the 15th cent.).

Now somewhat rare.

Craftiness, cunning; shrewdness. Also: an act characterized by this.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > cunning > [noun]

listOE

wiþercraftc1175

wilta1230

craftc1275

sleightc1275

engine?a1300

quaintisec1300

vaidiec1325

wilec1374

cautelc1375

sophistryc1385

quaintnessc1390

voisdie1390

havilon?a1400

foxeryc1400

subtletyc1400

undercraftc1400

practic?a1439

callidityc1450

policec1450

wilinessc1450

craftiness1484

gin1543

cautility1554

cunning1582

cautelousness1584

panurgy1586

policy1587

foxshipa1616

cunningnessa1625

subdolousness1635

dexterity1656

insidiousnessa1677

versuteness1685

pawkiness1687

sleight-hand1792

pawkery1820

vulpinism1851

downiness1865

foxiness1875

slimness1899

slypussness1908

c1450 tr. G. Boccaccio De Claris Mulieribus (1924) l. 408 (MED) She..Feryde not to tell..Whatt she wass, and hir callydyte, As thow she wolde gif knowlege in certeyn.

1524 in State Papers Henry VIII (1849) VI. 280 His Holines, unto whom the callidities and crafty circumvencions of France be not unknowen.

1606 B. Barnes Foure Bks. Offices ii. 89 Calliditie & malicious wilines is that other extreame, which oppositely withstandeth prudence.

1677 T. Gale Court of Gentiles: Pt. III iii. 99 Πανουργια signifies al manner of Calliditie or dexteritie to cheat & deceive.

1730 W. Wilkes Ess. Existence God 49 The intervention of a God is illuded by the ignorance of some and the callidity of others who lye in wait to deceive those that are less learn'd than themselves.

1752 C. Smart Poems Several Occasions 111 Her eagle-ey'd callidity, grave deceit, And fairy fiction.

1833 Fraser's Mag. Aug. 203/2 Suspect their own intimate friends of callidity.

1891 Manitoba Daily Free Press 26 June 6/3 The management and treatment of Indians is directed with callidity and Christian humanity by the Hudson Bay company.

1955 J. H. Wellington S. Afr. II. iii. xvi. 232 There were allegations, too,..of Indian callidity in commercial competition.

1989 Classical Q. New Ser. 39 513 Plutarch explicitly ascribes the ‘opportune peace’..to the callidity of Flamininus.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	callidity
释义	callidityn. Brit. /kəˈlɪdᵻti/, U.S. /kəˈlɪdᵻdi/, /kæˈlɪdᵻdi/ Forms: late Middle English callydyte, 1500s– callidity, 1600s calliditie. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin calliditāt-, calliditās. Etymology: < classical Latin calliditāt-, calliditās cleverness, skill, craftiness, cunning < callidus callid adj.² + -tās (see -ty suffix¹; compare -ity suffix). Compare Middle French callidité shrewdness, cleverness, deception, trickery (end of the 15th cent.). Now somewhat rare. Craftiness, cunning; shrewdness. Also: an act characterized by this. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > cunning > [noun] listOE wiþercraftc1175 wilta1230 craftc1275 sleightc1275 engine?a1300 quaintisec1300 vaidiec1325 wilec1374 cautelc1375 sophistryc1385 quaintnessc1390 voisdie1390 havilon?a1400 foxeryc1400 subtletyc1400 undercraftc1400 practic?a1439 callidityc1450 policec1450 wilinessc1450 craftiness1484 gin1543 cautility1554 cunning1582 cautelousness1584 panurgy1586 policy1587 foxshipa1616 cunningnessa1625 subdolousness1635 dexterity1656 insidiousnessa1677 versuteness1685 pawkiness1687 sleight-hand1792 pawkery1820 vulpinism1851 downiness1865 foxiness1875 slimness1899 slypussness1908 c1450 tr. G. Boccaccio De Claris Mulieribus (1924) l. 408 (MED) She..Feryde not to tell..Whatt she wass, and hir callydyte, As thow she wolde gif knowlege in certeyn. 1524 in State Papers Henry VIII (1849) VI. 280 His Holines, unto whom the callidities and crafty circumvencions of France be not unknowen. 1606 B. Barnes Foure Bks. Offices ii. 89 Calliditie & malicious wilines is that other extreame, which oppositely withstandeth prudence. 1677 T. Gale Court of Gentiles: Pt. III iii. 99 Πανουργια signifies al manner of Calliditie or dexteritie to cheat & deceive. 1730 W. Wilkes Ess. Existence God 49 The intervention of a God is illuded by the ignorance of some and the callidity of others who lye in wait to deceive those that are less learn'd than themselves. 1752 C. Smart Poems Several Occasions 111 Her eagle-ey'd callidity, grave deceit, And fairy fiction. 1833 Fraser's Mag. Aug. 203/2 Suspect their own intimate friends of callidity. 1891 Manitoba Daily Free Press 26 June 6/3 The management and treatment of Indians is directed with callidity and Christian humanity by the Hudson Bay company. 1955 J. H. Wellington S. Afr. II. iii. xvi. 232 There were allegations, too,..of Indian callidity in commercial competition. 1989 Classical Q. New Ser. 39 513 Plutarch explicitly ascribes the ‘opportune peace’..to the callidity of Flamininus. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.c1450
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