fortalice
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[edit] Etymology
From mediaeval Latin fortalitia, from fortis ‘strong’.
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- IPA: /ˈfɔːtəlɪs/
[edit] Noun
fortalice (plural fortalices)
- (archaic) A small fortress.
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- 1819: Tell them whatever thou hast a mind of the weakness of this fortalice, or aught else that can detain them before it for twenty-four hours. — Walter Scott, Ivanhoe
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a small fortress
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