10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CALLIDITY»
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A new dictionary of the English language
CALLIDITY, *. Discernment, discrimination, skill. L. Catlidus; and this from Callus,
from Calx or Culcarc. Callui is properly that hardness of the foot which is caused
by walking or treading. And Catlere, (met.) is to be wise, or skilful, or crafty by ...
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The Comic English Grammar: A New and Facetious Introduction ...
Perfect callidity was the distinguishing attribute of the Curved Pedestrian.
Callidity is another word for craftiness ; but for the exercise of the reader's
ingenuity, we forbear to mention the person alluded to as so remarkable for his
astutious ...
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Paul Prendergast; or, The comic schoolmaster, comprising a ...
Perfect callidity was the distinguishing attribute of the Curved Pedestrian.
Callidity is another word for craftiness ; but for the exercise of the reader's
ingenuity, we forbear to mention the person alluded to as so remarkable for his
astutious ...
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ElderSpeak: A Thesaurus or Compendium of Words Related to ...
The old roué's on-the-edge survival had engendered in him a noticeable degree
of callidity. [< L calliditas skill; shrewdness; cunning, craft]. callosity(kal-los'si-tee),
pl. –ties, n. a local thickening, hardening of the outer layer of the skin due to ...
James L. Reynolds, MD, 2014
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Glossary of Terms and Phrases
Callidity. [L. callTdlta, -tern.] Shrewdness ; lit. as of a practised, hardened person [
callum, thick skin]. Calligraphy. [Gr. KaAAi7pwf>fa, from K^AXOJ, beauty, ypdipta,
I write.] Good, beautiful handwriting. CalllSpS. [Gr., beautiful-voiced.] The Muse ...
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The Dictionary of Distinctions: In Three Alphabets, ...
^calender. A kind of press foil cloth. •kalendar. An account of time. CALiDiTY,ka-
iid'de-ty.' Calidness; great heat. j callidity, kal-l'd'de-ty. Craftiness; cunning. (
calidness, kal'lid-nes. Burning J heat. ( CALLIDNESS. Callidity; craftiness. caph,
kaf.
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A Dictionary of Terms, Phrases,and Quotations
(Put and Mil.) Callidity. [L. callidita, -tern.] Shrewdness ; lit. as of a practised,
hardened person [callum, think skin]. Calligraphy. [Gr. KaWrypapla, from koAAos,
beauty, ypojpw, I write.] Good, beautiful handwriting. Calliope. [Gr., beautiful-
voiced.] ...
Henry Percy Smith, Helen Kendrick Johnson, 1895
Perfeet callidity was the distinguishing attribute of the Curved Pedestrian.
Callidity is another word for eraftiness ; but for the exercise of the render's
ingenuity, we foi bear to mention the person alluded to as so remarkable for his
astutious ...
Nathaniel Parker Willis, Horatio Hastings Weld, 1841
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How to Prepare for the Coop Hspt Catholic High School ...
Max Peters, Jerome Shostak. 14. Which word means strengthening? (F) heimal (
G) roborant (H) ecdemic (J) guttle (K) queme 15. Which word means a kind of fish
? (A) mussitation (B) nene (C) flagitate (D) tautog (E) callidity 16. Which word ...
Max Peters, Jerome Shostak, 1997
1. 27. 4«« vicining] i.e. bordering upon. 469 particulers] i.e. persons; or perhaps
private persons may be meant. 478 make remonstrance of] i.e. display. 476
callidity] i.e. craft, cunning. 480-1 but... confusion.] an aside. 488 Barnardo] The
Pope's ...
Barnabe Barnes, Ronald Brunlees McKerrow, 1904
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Is something dead in Ghanaians?
Let me gird my loins: today be today! To all my faithful readers, permit me to sidestep my cultivated artistry and fling aside my verbal callidity. «GhanaWeb, May 15»
