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invertebracy|ɪnˈvɜːtɪbrəsɪ|
[f. invertebrate: see -acy.]
The quality of being invertebrate; want of ‘backbone’.
1886New York Semi-weekly Tribune 24 Dec. (Cent. Dict.), A person may reveal his hopeless invertebracy only when brought face to face with some critical situation. 1899Horton in Chr. World Pulpit 8 Nov. 297/1 It is said..that invertebracy of thought is the great characteristic of the closing years of this century. |