uberty
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From Old French uberté, from Latin ūbertās, from ūber.
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uberty (uncountable)
- (now, rare) Fertile growth, abundance, fruitfulness; copiousness, plenty.
- 1603, John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, Essays, Folio Society 2006, vol. 1 p. 209:
- to this day they yet enjoy that naturall ubertie and fruitfulnesse, which without labouring toyle, doth in such plenteous abundance furnish them with all necessary things [...].
- 1603, John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, Essays, Folio Society 2006, vol. 1 p. 209:
