Definition of Furacity

1. n. Addictedness to theft; thievishness.

Definition of Furacity

1. Noun. (obsolete) Addictedness to theft; thievishness. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Furacity

1. a thievish disposition [n FURACITIES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Furacity

funsters
funtastic
fuqaha'
fur
fur-flying
fur-piece
fur beetle
fur beetles
fur coat
fur coats
fur hat
fur seal
fura-2
furacious
furacity (current term)
furagin
fural
furaldehyde
furals
furaltadone
furan
furane
furaneol
furanes
furanocoumarin
furanocoumarins
furanoid
furanoindoline
furanone

Literary usage of Furacity

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1822)
"... kicks with his hoofs, and even endeavours to bite in the furacity of his transient -ion- rage. If a Galloway Stot, so much the worse ; for then the ..."

2. A Critical Pronouncing Dictionary, and Expositor of the English Language ...by John Walker by John Walker (1806)
"furacity, t'u-ras'e-tc. s. FURBELOW, fur'bé-lè. s. Disposition to theft. Fur or fringe sewed on ihe ..."

3. A Critical Pronouncing Dictionary, and Expositor of the English Language ...by John Walker by John Walker (1810)
"... a. thievish furacity, fu-rfts'é-te. S. disposition tb theft Furbelow, fûr'bc-lô. s. fur, &c. sewed on the lower part of a garment Furbish, fur'blsh. va ..."

4. History of the Harvard Law School and of Early Legal Conditions in America by Charles Warren (1908)
"(i) Such a condition, it was said, disclosed "a biblio-furacity. . . deserving of special punishment. . . carelessness not to be distinguished from crime. ..."

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