importancy

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/ɪmˈpɔː(ɹ)tənsi/

noun

Importance; significance.

OriginMedieval Latin importantia →
Scrabble 19
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Meanings

nounimportancy (countable and uncountable, plural importancies)

plural importancies

  1. countablenonstandardobsoleteuncountableImportance; significance.

    […]we conſider The importancy of Cypreſſe to the Turke: […]

    c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, The Tragœdy of Othello, the Moore of Venice. […] (First Quarto), London: […] N[icholas] O[kes] for Thomas Walkley, […], published 1622, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iii], page 10
  2. countablenonstandardobsoleteuncountableThat which is important.

    Generall matters he is as liberall to impart, as carefull to conceal importancies.

    1642, Thomas Fuller, “The wise Statesman”, in The Holy State, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: […] Roger Daniel for John Williams, […], →OCLC, book IV, paragraph 7, page 259

Synonyms & antonyms

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Origin

  1. Medieval Latinimportantia
  2. Englishimportancy

From Medieval Latin importantia.

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APA

importancy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/importancy

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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