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单词 clandestinity
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clandestinityn.

/klandɛsˈtɪnɪti/
Etymology: < medieval Latin clandestīnitās, in French clandestinité , < Latin clandestīnus , French clandestin : see -ity suffix.
Clandestine quality or state; secrecy, privacy; usually in bad sense.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > stealthy action, stealth > [noun] > stealthy quality, stealthiness
insidiousnessa1677
clandestinity1682
sneakingnessa1691
subtleness1833
stealthiness1837
underhandedness1884
slinkiness1894
furtiveness1896
surreptitiousness1902
1682 E. Stillingfleet Speech in Misc. Disc. (1735) 87 Clandestinity and Disparity do not void a Marriage, but only render the Proof more difficult.
1780 J. Bentham Introd. Princ. Morals & Legisl. (1789) ix. §15 Dolus..would be understood to imply deceit, concealment, clandestinity.
1875 Contemp. Rev. 26 423 The Council of Trent created the impediment of clandestinity, by which all marriages not celebrated in the presence of the parish priest or his substitute, and of two witnesses, were henceforth to be null and void.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online December 2018).
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