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edacity|ɪˈdæsɪtɪ|
[f. as prec. + -ty.]
1. The quality of being edacious; capacity for eating; good appetite. Now chiefly humorous.
1626Bacon Sylva §972 The Wolf is a Beast of great Edacitie and Disgestion. 1633P. Fletcher Purple Isl. ii. xxxix, If those pipes windings..Should not refrain too much edacitie. 1684tr. Bonet's Merc. Compit. xviii. 613 Edacity in the Small Pox is usually an ill Sign. 1823New Month. Mag. VII. 335 He has vivacity, edacity, and bibacity. 1854Badham Halieut. 516 Ulysses' edacity is competently attested in the Odyssey.
†2. Corrosive quality, destructive power. Obs.
1657Tomlinson Renou's Disp. 146 Lest the noxious quality of the air or edacity of heat spoyl their qualities. |