Latinity
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 The quality of a particular person's Latin speech or writing; the Latin language, as an area of study or interest. countable, uncountable
"The banns being published, the next difficulty was to find a bishop who would bless them. One bishop was found, says Buchanan with the severest point of his elegant Latinity, one, the Bishop of Orkney, who preferred the smiles of a court to the light of truth, while others declined the task, and pointed out the unhallowed nature of nuptials with him who had already two spouses alive, and had lately obtained himself to be repudiated by a third on the ground of his own adultery."
- 2 Latin character uncountable
- 3 Latin literature considered as a whole uncountable
- 4 A Latinism countable
Example
More examples"The banns being published, the next difficulty was to find a bishop who would bless them. One bishop was found, says Buchanan with the severest point of his elegant Latinity, one, the Bishop of Orkney, who preferred the smiles of a court to the light of truth, while others declined the task, and pointed out the unhallowed nature of nuptials with him who had already two spouses alive, and had lately obtained himself to be repudiated by a third on the ground of his own adultery."
Etymology
From Latin Latīnitās, from Latin Latīnus (“Latin”).
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