Lexicographical Neighbors of Hispidity
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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