orbity
English
editEtymology
editFrom orb + -ity, from Latin orbitas.
Noun
editorbity (plural orbities)
- (obsolete) A bereavement by loss of parents or children; the state of being orbate; orbation.
- 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC:, 492:
- Discontents and grievances […] peculiar to private men, as cares, crosses, losses, death of friends, poverty, want, sickness, orbities, abuses, […]