optimacy

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noun

government by the nobility

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Meanings

nounoptimacy (countable and uncountable, plural optimacies)

plural optimacies

  1. countableuncountablegovernment by the nobility

    mixture 'twixt Monarchy, Optimacy, and Democracy

    1640, I. H. [i.e., James Howell], ΔΕΝΔΡΟΛΟΓΊΑ [DENDROLOGIA]. Dodona’s Grove, or, The Vocall Forrest, London: […] T[homas] B[adger] for H. Mosley [i.e., Humphrey Moseley] […], →OCLC
  2. countableuncountablethe nobility, collectively
  3. countableuncountablea most favourable condition or state

Origin

Compare French optimatie. See optimate.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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