incolumity
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin incolumitas, from incolumis (“uninjured, safe”), perhaps from in (“intensifier”) + (doubtful) columis (“safe”).
Noun[edit]
incolumity (uncountable)
- (obsolete) safety; security
- 1640, I. H. [i.e., James Howell], ΔΕΝΔΡΟΛΟΓΊΑ [DENDROLOGIA]. Dodona’s Grove, or, The Vocall Forrest, London: […] T[homas] B[adger] for H. Mosley [i.e., Humphrey Moseley] […], →OCLC:
- such an action as that, which concern'd the incolumity and peace of all the Westerne world
References[edit]
“incolumity”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.