dangerosity meaning: definition, etymology and quotations

dangerosity

noun

Etymology From dangerous + -osity; sometimes from French dangerosité.

The quality of being dangerous.

Naturally inquisitive, I ran the gauntlet of the place at the risk of my life. Remarking upon the “dangerosity” and its evident mismanagement to a stranger who proved to belong to the Forest City, he exclaimed. “Dangerous, well I should smile, and this is the great Union Depot of St. Louis.[…]”1882 October 14, “Our Union Depot. A Stranger’s Opinion of the Ancient and Ricketty Sheds.”, in St. Louis Post-Dispatch, volume XXXI, number 104, St. Louis, Mo., page 9:
He told of his dangerosity and liability to start an explosion that would blow up the court house and make the people in Lost Nation hunt their cyclone cellars.1908 July 9, “Had the Sky High in His Grip Sack: Intoicated^([sic]) Individual Had Clinton People Pretty Anxious”, in The Davenport Democrat and Leader, fifty-third year, number 223, Davenport, Iowa, page 8:

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For a long time now the United States Senate has contained a mining man; sometimes there have been two or three of them; but always one sturdy representative of those sturdier pioneers and prospectors who, daring dangers of increditable dangerosity, have delved into the bosom of old Mother Earth and brought forth her glittering treasures—or have not brought them forth, as the case may be.1913, The Record of Sigma Alpha Epsilon:
A recent survey showed that 60 per cent of murders committed in the United States were at the hands of women. The peak of their dangerosity was set as the month of July.1946 March 10, Earle Ennis, “Scruples Don’t Hamper Ladies in Murder’s Art”, in Oakland Tribune, volume CXLIV, number 69, Oakland, Calif., page A-10:
Why should a hunting licence be granted without checking the “dangerosity” of the applicant?1961, The Criminal Law Quarterly, page 53:
A comprehensive measure of dangerosity of a given highway section of length L (km) may be developed by formula of the following type:[…]where AADT volumes on each section within each group are roughly equal, the absolute dangerosity of a given highway section of length L (km) may be assumed as a useful tool for the identification of black spots.[…]On the basis of accident and traffic data for 1960 and 1965 two relative 'dangerosity studies, by calculating indexes (1) and (2), were conducted by Bottaro.1970, International Study Week in Traffic Engineering and Safety Proceedings, pages 1–2: