pernicity

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noun

swiftness; celerity

OriginLatin pernicitas →
Scrabble 16
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Meanings

nounpernicity (uncountable)
  1. obsoleteuncountableswiftness; celerity

    the rest that have no such armature, should be endued with great swiftness or pernicity

    1691, John Ray, The Wisdom of God Manifested in the Works of the Creation. […], London: […] Samuel Smith, […], →OCLC

Origin

  1. Latinpernicitas
  2. Englishpernicity

From pernic(ious) + -ity, from Latin pernicitas. See pernicious.

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APA

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

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Chicago

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