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Webster 1913 Edition

Pernicity

Per-nic′i-ty

,

Noun.

[L.

pernicitas

. See 1st

.]

Swiftness; celerity.

[R.]

Ray.

Webster 1828 Edition

Pernicity

PERNIC'ITY

,

Noun.

[L. pernicitas, from pernix.]

Swiftness of motion; celerity. [Little used.]

Definition 2024

pernicity

pernicity

English

Noun

pernicity ‎(uncountable)

(archaic) swiftness; celerity
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