Meanings
plural seities
- archaicSomething peculiar to oneself; personal peculiarity; individuality.
1709-1711, The Tatler The learned Scotus , to distinguish the race of mankind, gives every individual of that species what he calls a Seity, something peculiar to himself, which makes him different from all other persons in the world
1 more example
He was […] affected with trepidation, partial surdity, and most perceptible seity.
1856, Samuel Klinefelter Hoshour, Letters to Squire Pedant, in the East, page 32
Origin
Latin se (“oneself”).
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