immundicity

English

Etymology

Compare French immondicité, Portuguese imundície, Latin immunditia, English immundities.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˌɪmənˈdɪsɪti/

Noun

immundicity (countable and uncountable, plural immundicities)

(archaic) uncleanliness; filth
- 1648, Walter Montagu, Miscellanea Spiritualia, or Devout Essaies:
  this naturall immundicity was but a figure of that spirituall impurity of him and his Court

References

“immundicity”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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