exility

English

Etymology

From Latin exilitatem, from exilis (“small, thin, narrow”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɛkˈsɪlɪti/
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Noun

exility (uncountable)

  1. Thinness, smallness; a shrunken or meagre condition.
    • 1658, Sir Thomas Browne, Urne-Burial, Penguin, published 2005, page 15:
      But from the exility of bones, thinnesse of skulls, smallnesse of teeth, ribbes, and thigh-bones; not improbable that many thereof were persons of minor age, or women.
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