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modicity

noun
mo·​dic·​i·​ty | \ mōˈdisətē, -ətē, -i\
plural -es

Definition of modicity

archaic
: moderateness found compensation for the darkness of her frontage in the modicity of her rent— Henry James †1916

History and Etymology for modicity

French modicité, from Late Latin modicitat-, modicitas, from Latin modicus moderate + -itat-, -itas -ity

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