Caloricity

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Ectothermy. countable, uncountable

    "At first she "ran a temperature" in American parlance, and I could not resist the exquisite caloricity of unexpected delights—Venus febriculosa—though it was a very languid Lolita that moaned and coughed and shivered in my embrace."

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"At first she "ran a temperature" in American parlance, and I could not resist the exquisite caloricity of unexpected delights—Venus febriculosa—though it was a very languid Lolita that moaned and coughed and shivered in my embrace."

Etymology

From caloric + -ity.

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