durity

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noun

hardness; firmness

OriginLatin duritas →
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Meanings

noun
  1. obsoletehardness; firmness

    it cometh short of their compactness and durity; and, therefore, requireth not the emery, as the saphire, granite, and topaz, but will receive impression from steel, in a manner like the turquoise.

    1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC
  2. obsoleteharshness; cruelty

    […]surrendred to the said John by the said William by durity and menaces

    1689, Richard Braithwaite, Remembrances of Methods, Orders, and Proceedings […] in the House of Lords

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
hardness

Origin

  1. Latinduritas
  2. Englishdurity

From Latin duritas, from durus (“hard”).

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

rudity
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APA

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MLA

“durity.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/durity. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “durity,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/durity.

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