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retiracy U.S.|rɪˈtaɪərəsɪ|
[f. retire v.]
1. Retirement, seclusion, privacy.
1829Virginia Lit. Museum 30 Dec. 460/1 Retiracy, ‘solitude’. 1839C. M. Kirkland New Home xi. 64 The important matter of supper being in some sort concluded, preparations were made for ‘retiracy’. 1842F. A. Kemble Rec. Later Life (1882) II. 228, I enjoy a considerable portion of retiracy. 1860Mrs. W. P. Byrne Undercurrents Overlooked II. 43 note, Where there is but little more retiracy than upon a public common. 1873L. Wallace Fair God iii. i, He left the house, and once more sought the retiracy of the gardens.
2. (See quot. 1859.)
1859Bartlett Dict. Amer. (ed. 2) 363 It is said, in New England, of a person who left off business with a fortune, that he has a retiracy; i.e. a sufficient fortune to retire upon. 1860in De Vere Americanisms (1871) 628 When Mr. Watson found he had a sufficient retiracy, he gave up his lucrative business.
Hence reˈtiracied ppl. a.
1856in Bartlett Dict. Amer. (1859) 363 There are no places in the world similarly retiracied which are less provincial or more agreeable. |