Etymology

aduncity

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Today it means: Crookedness, curvaceousness, hookedness. Full definition →

Latin aduncitās
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  1. Latin · borrowed fromaduncitās“hookedness”
  2. English todayaduncity

From Latin aduncitās (“hookedness”), from aduncus + -itās. By surface analysis, adunc + -ity.

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