Exility

//ɛkˈsɪlɪti// noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 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."

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"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”).

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