grandevity

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/ɡɹænˈdɛvɪti/

noun

Great age; long life, longevity.

OriginLatin grandaevitas →
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Meanings

noungrandevity (uncountable)
  1. obsoleteuncountableGreat age; long life, longevity.

    the grandevity of the world

    1620, Francis Bacon, Novum Organum
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    Would one think that Reverend Mr. Baxter, whom Dr. More for his Function and Grandevity sake handles so respectfully […]

    1683, "The Annotatour" [Henry More], “Annotations upon the Discourse of Truth”, in Two Choice and Useful Treatises

Origin

  1. Latingrandaevitas
  2. Englishgrandevity

From Latin grandaevitas, from grandaevus, grandis (“great”) + aevus (“age”).

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Chicago

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