Pernicity

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    swiftness; celerity obsolete, uncountable

    "the rest that have no such armature, should be endued with great swiftness or pernicity"

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"the rest that have no such armature, should be endued with great swiftness or pernicity"

Etymology

From pernic(ious) + -ity, from Latin pernicitas. See pernicious.

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