callidity

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noun

craftiness, cunning

OriginLatin calliditas →
Scrabble 15
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Meanings

nouncallidity (countable and uncountable, plural callidities)

plural callidities

  1. countableobsoleteuncountablecraftiness, cunning

    Her eagle-ey'd callidity, deceit, And fairy fiction rais'd above her sex

    1752, Christopher Smart, Poems on Several Occasions, The Hop Garden

Origin

  1. Latincalliditas
  2. Englishcallidity

Latin calliditas.

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APA

callidity. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/callidity

MLA

“callidity.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/callidity. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “callidity,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/callidity.

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