triplicity

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
17
Words With Friends
19
Letters
10
Pronunciation
/tɹɪˈplɪsɪti/

Definition of triplicity

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)The quality or state of being triple or threefold; trebleness.
    “In their trinall triplicities on hye”
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noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)The quality or state of being triple or threefold; trebleness.
    “In their trinall triplicities on hye”
  2. (countable, uncountable)The division of the twelve signs according to the four elements.
    “he very promptly and speedily formed and fashioned a complete fabric of the houses of heaven in all their parts, whereof when he had considered the situation and the aspects in their triplicities, he fetched a deep sigh, and said: I have clearly enough already discovered unto you the fate of your cuckoldry, which is unavoidable, you cannot escape it.”

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Etymology

From triplic(ate) + -ity, from Latin triplicitas, from Latin triplex, triplicis (“threefold”). Compare French triplicité. See triplicate.

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