furacity
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
furacity (uncountable)
- (obsolete, rare) The habit of, or addiction to, theft; thievery.
- 1790, Edward Umfreville, The Present State of Hudson's Bay:
- they are ſly, cunning, and artful to a great degree; they glory in every species of furacity and artifice , eſpecially when the theft or deception has been ſo well executed as to eſcape detection.
References[edit]
- “furacity”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.