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magpiety nonce-wd.|mægˈpaɪɪtɪ|
[jocular f. magpie, after piety.]
(Cf. quots.)
a1845Hood Jarvis & Mrs. Cope ii, Not pious in its proper sense, But chattring like a bird, Of sin and grace—in such a case Mag-piety's the word. 1891Blackw. Mag. CL. 400/2 Conceive the agony of suppressed speech when a man is as garrulous as a magpie by nature; and my friend is that, though his magpiety is of an elevated sort. |