optimityn.
/ɒpˈtɪmᵻti/, U.S. /ˌɑpˈtɪmᵻdi/ rare.
1. The quality or fact of being the best or very good; excellence.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > excellence > [noun]
goodnessOE
mund?c1250
daintethc1290
bountyc1300
daintyc1300
excellencec1384
virtuea1393
excellency?a1400
nobilitya1400
meritc1425
singularity?c1450
fineness1523
admirationa1533
rareness1545
rightness1561
rariety1566
rarity1566
excellentness1569
beautya1586
admirableness1607
primeness1611
gallantry1650
eximiety1656
optimity1656
altesse1660
unexceptionableness1669
excellingness1701
quality1803
sterlingness1815
stupendosity1828
goodliness1832
superbness1832
unexceptionability1837
sweetness and light1867
class1884
rortiness1885
rippingness1903
superstardom1928
motherfucker1977
awesomeness1998
1656 T. Blount Glossographia Optimitie, utility, great profit, excellency.
1865 A. J. Davis Philos. of Healing in Morning Lect. 243 The optimity of Nature is legitimately impressed by the investigations and conclusions of German anatomists and philosophical physiologists.
1970 Jrnl. Gen. Psychol. 82 249 The development of the aforementioned criterion of optimity.
2. The fact of being for the best.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > quality of being the best > [noun] > for end result > fact of being
optimity1885
1885 Faith of Unlearned 103 No necessity other than the Creator's can order his creation;..it follows that the bugbear Necessity must either become optimity or, within the scope of finite freedom, must disappear.
1916 Internat. Jrnl. Ethics 26 468 Jesus was so..far-sighted as to see through the optimities of the immediate order of things in nature and humanity.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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