Definition of Hispidity

1. [n -TIES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hispidity

hishes
hishing
hisingerite
hisingerites
hislopite
hisn
hispanic americans
hispanidad
hispanidads
hispanism
hispanisms
hispid
hispid flagella
hispid pocket mouse
hispidities
hispidity (current term)
hispidulous
hiss
hissed
hisself
hisser
hissers
hisses
hissie fit
hissie fits
hissier
hissies
hissiest
hissing
hissingly

Literary usage of Hispidity

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

1. Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge by Charles Knight (1837)
"It varies very much in the form of its husks, in the degree of their hispidity, some being nearly smooth, in the shape of the nuts, and in the height to ..."

2. On Some Deficiencies in Our English Dictionaries: Being the Substance of Two by Richard Chenevix Trench (1860)
"4 ' Hispid' should be completed with ' hispidity,'6 ' specious' with ... 6 " The hispidity, or hairiness of his skin."—H. MOEE, On Godliness, b. 3, c. ..."

3. The Penny Cyclopædia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge by Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain), George Long (1837)
"It varies very much in the form of its husks, in the degree of their hispidity, some being nearly smooth, in the shape of the nuts, and in the height to ..."

4. Proposal for the Publication of a New English Dictionary by Philological Society (Great Britain) (1859)
"Hispid' should be completed with ' hispidity,'5 ' specious' with ... 6 " The hispidity, or hairiness of his skin."—H. MORE, On Godliness, b. 3, c. 6, § 5. ..."

5. Botanical Gazette by University of Chicago, JSTOR (Organization) (1918)
"C. californica, however, is readily recognizable at all times by the harsher hispidity of its leaves; but the best character is found in the hispid ovary, ..."

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