Calidity

noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Heat. obsolete, uncountable, usually

    "The queſtion is in vvhat part of this Serpent the poyſon doth lye; Some ſay in the head alone, and that therefore the Bazeliske is deafe, bycauſe the Ayre vvhich ſerueth the Organe of hearing, is reſolued by the intenſiue calidity: but this ſeemeth not to bee true, […]"

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin caliditās, whence the Italian calidità. Compare calid.

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