modicity
noun
mo·dic·i·ty
mōˈdisətē,
-ətē,
-i
plural -es
archaic
: moderateness
found compensation for the darkness of her frontage in the modicity of her rent
Henry James †1916
Henry James †1916
Word History
Etymology
French modicité, from Late Latin modicitat-, modicitas, from Latin modicus moderate + -itat-, -itas -ity