Meanings
nounsuddenty (plural suddenties)
plural suddenties
- archaicsuddenness; a sudden
My father's tongue was loosed of a suddenty, and he said aloud , “ I refer mysell to God's pleasure , and not to yours . ”
1824 June, [Walter Scott], Redgauntlet, […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne and Co.] for Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co., →OCLC
Origin
- Old Frenchsodaineté
- Middle Englishsodeynte
- Englishsuddenty
From Middle English sodeynte, from Old French sodaineté (Modern French soudaineté).
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APA
suddenty. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/suddenty
MLA
“suddenty.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/suddenty. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “suddenty,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/suddenty.
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