Caloricity
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 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."
Example
More examples"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.