orbity

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noun

A bereavement by loss of parents or children; the state of being orbate; orbation.

OriginLatin orbitās →
First used 1597–1804Scrabble 11
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Meanings

nounorbity (plural orbities)

plural orbities

  1. obsoleteA bereavement by loss of parents or children; the state of being orbate; orbation.First known use 1597–1804

    Discontents and grievances […] peculiar to private men, as cares, crosses, losses, death of friends, poverty, want, sickness, orbities, abuses, […]

    1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC

Origin

  1. Latinorbitās
  2. Englishorbity

Borrowed from Latin orbitās; By surface analysis, orb + -ity.

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APA

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Chicago

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