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aquosity|əˈkwɒsɪtɪ|
[ad. med.L. aquōsitāt-em, n. of quality f. aquōsus: see prec. and -ity.]
1. Moist or watery quality, wateriness.
1528Paynell Salerne Reg. P ij b, Of moche aquosite and humidite. 1650tr. Bacon's Hist. Life & Death 38 To weare next the Body, Garments that have in them, some Vnctuosity, or Oleosity, not Aquosity. 1868Huxley Phys. Basis Life 140 What better philosophical status has ‘vitality’ than aquosity?
†2. concr. Moisture, humour. Obs.
1528Paynell Salerne Reg. Q iij, Ventosites and aquosites engendred of peres. 1601Holland Pliny II. 51 [Purslane is]..good for the aquosities gathered within the body. 1720W. Gibson Dispens. §16 (1734) 301 Boil to the consumption of the aquosity, that is, till the watry parts are evaporated. |