modicity

modicity
\\mōˈdisəd.ē, -ətē, -i\ noun (-es)
Etymology: French modicité, from Late Latin modicitat-, modicitas, from Latin modicus moderate + -itat-, -itas -ity

found compensation for the darkness of her frontage in the modicity of her rent — Henry James †1916


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  • Modicity — Mo*dic i*ty, n. [LL. modicitas; cf. F. modicit[ e].] Moderateness; smallness; meanness. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • modicity — mo·dic·i·ty …   English syllables

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