grandevity
English edit
Etymology edit
Latin grandaevitas, from grandaevus, grandis (“great”) + aevus (“age”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
grandevity (uncountable)
- (obsolete) Great age; long life, longevity.
- 1620, Francis Bacon, Novum Organum:
- the grandevity of the world
- 1683, "The Annotatour" [Henry More], “Annotations upon the Discourse of Truth”, in Two Choice and Useful Treatises:
- Would one think that Reverend Mr. Baxter, whom Dr. More for his Function and Grandevity sake handles so respectfully […]
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References edit
- “grandevity”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.