[1675–85; inhabit(ant) + -ancy]This word is first recorded in the period 1675–85. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: constitutional, denature, stoma, surf, upstream-ancy is a combination of -ance and -y, used to form nouns denoting state or quality. Other words that use the affix -ancy include: buoyancy, malignancy, occupancy, poignancy, vagrancy
Examples of 'inhabitancy' in a sentence
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Owner-pet inhabitancy increases the risk for staphylococcal temporal concomitance with its subsequent risk for bacterial infection and genetic exchange.
Elena Gómez-Sanz, Elena Gómez-Sanz, Sara Ceballos, Laura Ruiz-Ripa, Myriam Zarazaga,Carmen Torres 2019, 'Clonally Diverse Methicillin and Multidrug Resistant Coagulase Negative StaphylococciAre Ubiquitous and Pose Transfer Ability Between Pets and Their Owners', Frontiers in Microbiologyhttps://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmicb.2019.00485/full. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)