fixidityn.
/fɪkˈsɪdɪti/ Now rare.
= fixity n.R. cites an example from Boyle's Works (1772) III. 78, where the originally reading is fixity: see fixity n. 1.
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the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > coldness > quality of being incombustible > [noun]
fixation1626
incombustibleness1653
fixedness1665
fixity1666
incombustibilitya1691
fixidity1762
uninflammability1826
1762 P. Murdoch tr. A. F. Büsching New Syst. Geogr. I. 45 Copper retains its fixidity the longest in the fire next to Iron.
1778 W. Pryce Mineralogia Cornubiensis i. iii. 51 Quicksilver..has every property of Metal except fixidity.
1872 W. F. Butler Great Lone Land (1875) xiii. 198 Assuming greater fixidity of purpose.
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