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confinity Now rare or Obs.|kənˈfɪnɪtɪ|
[a. F. confinité (14th c. in Littré), f. confin or L. confīnis: see -ity; cf. affinity.]
The position of bordering on something else; neighbourhood, contiguity, adjacency. (lit. and fig.)
1544T. Phaer Regim. Lyfe (1560) Q iij b, For confinitie of the matter, I entend to wryte somewhat of the nource, and of y⊇ mylke. 1593Bilson Govt. Christ's Ch. 153, I shall not neede to prooue the confinitie between [them]. 1730–6Bailey (folio), Confinity, Nearness of Place. 1742Miss Carter tr. Algarotti on Newton II. 57 Systems which supposed Colour might be changed by Refraction, Reflection, the Confinity to Shadow. 1848Blackw. Mag. LXIV. 379 The confinity with agitated France, and consequently a more active affinity with its ideas. |