Exility
/ɛkˈsɪlɪti/ noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Thinness, smallness; a shrunken or meagre condition. uncountable
"But from the exility of bones, thinnesse of skulls, smallnesse of teeth, ribbes, and thigh-bones; not improbable that many thereof were persons of minor age, or women."
Example
More examples"But from the exility of bones, thinnesse of skulls, smallnesse of teeth, ribbes, and thigh-bones; not improbable that many thereof were persons of minor age, or women."
Etymology
From Latin exilitatem, from exilis (“small, thin, narrow”).