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单词 devexity
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devexityn.

Forms: Also 1600s di-.
Etymology: < Latin dēvexitās, < dēvexus : see devex adj. and n. and -ity suffix.
Obsolete.
Downward slope or incline; concavity: see quots.
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the world > space > relative position > inclination > [noun] > inclination from the level or slope > downwards
fall1538
downwith1593
declining1601
devexity1601
devex1627
declension1640
proneness1686
dip1708
versant1859
1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. 32 No man doubteth that the water of the sea came euer in any shore so far as the deuexitie would have suffered.
1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. 34 So far as the other deuexitie or fall of the earth.
?1605 J. Davies Wittes Pilgrimage sig. N1v Hir Haire..Doth Glorifie that Heauns Diuexity (Hir Head).
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Devexité, deuexitie; a hollownesse, bowing, bending, hanging double.
1656 T. Blount Glossographia Devexity, the hollowness of a valley, a bending down.
1678 E. Phillips New World of Words (new ed.)
1775 in J. Ash New Dict. Eng. Lang.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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