Meanings
nouncontrarietie (countable and uncountable, plural contrarieties)
plural contrarieties
- countableobsoleteuncountableObsolete form of contrariety.
The Cantharides have some part in them, which by a contrarietie of nature serveth as an antidot or counterpoison against their poison[…].
1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 5, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC
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