English edit

Etymology edit

torv(ous) +‎ -ity, from Latin torvitas. See torvous.

Noun edit

torvity (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) sourness or severity of countenance; sternness

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for torvity”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)