Procacity
noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 The state of being procacious; forwardness, pertness, or petulance, or an instance thereof. dated, uncountable, usually
"In vain are all your flatteries, In vain are all your knaveries, Delights, deceipts, procacities, Sighs, kisses, and conspiracies, And what e're is done by art, To bewitch a lovers heart."
Example
More examples"In vain are all your flatteries, In vain are all your knaveries, Delights, deceipts, procacities, Sighs, kisses, and conspiracies, And what e're is done by art, To bewitch a lovers heart."
Etymology
From procac(ious) + -ity, from Latin procacitas.
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