pernicity

noun

pernicity

noun

Etymology From pernic(ious) + -ity, from Latin pernicitas. See pernicious.

1

Obsolete swiftness; celerity

the rest that have no such armature, should be endued with great swiftness or pernicity1691, John Ray, The Wisdom of God Manifested in the Works of the Creation. […], London: […] Samuel Smith, […], →OCLC:

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