insitiency

English

Etymology

From in- (“not”) +‎ Latin sitiēns, present participle of sitiō (“to be thirsty”), from sitis (“thirst”).

Noun

insitiency (uncountable)

1. (obsolete) Freedom from thirst.
   • 1701, Nehemiah Grew, “Of the Ends of Providence. And First, in this Life.”, in Cosmologia Sacra: Or A Discourse of the Universe as It is the Creature and Kingdom of God. […], London: […] W[illiam] Rogers, S[amuel] Smith, and B[enjamin] Walford: […], →OCLC, 3rd book, paragraph 37, page 99:

     And vvhat is more admirable, than the Fitneſs of every Creature, for the Uſe vve make of him? […] the Inſitiency of a Camel, for travelling in the Deſerts of Africa and other Parts; […]

   • 1857, The Misty Morning: A Tale, Edinburgh: Thomas Grant, pages 300–301:

     Though Charlie was not exactly addicted to excessive drinking, still insitiency was not a confirmed quality in his constitution.

   • 1876 April 20, “Tichborne Demonstration in Hyde Park”, in The Star, volume 62, number 121, Guernsey, page [4]:

     The procession, being duly marshalled, then slowly made its way to Hyde Park by the usual route, the pathways along which were otherwise deserted, and the shops closed save in the case of public-houses, which were so liberally patronised as to forbid the idea that Dr. Kenealy’s followers were in the main afflicted with insitiency.

References

• “insitiency”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “insitiency”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.