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viduity

American

[vi-doo-i-tee, -dyoo-] / vɪˈdu ɪ ti, -ˈdju- /

noun

quality, state, or period of being a widow.

Etymology

Origin of viduity

1375–1425; late Middle English ( Scots ) viduite < Latin viduitās, equivalent to vidu ( a ) widow + -itās -ity

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viduity

I gaed to spend a week in Fife— An unco week it proved to be— For there I met a waesome wife Lamentin' her viduity.

From The Book of Humorous Verse by Carolyn Wells

I gaed to spend a week in Fife, An unco week it proved to be, For there I met a waesome wife, Lamenting her viduity.

From The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume VI The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century by Charles Rogers

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