"insuavity" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: insuavities [plural]
Etymology: From Latin insuavitas. Compare French insuavité. See in- (“not”) + suavity. Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|insuavitas}} Latin insuavitas, {{cog|fr|insuavité}} French insuavité, {{affix|en|in-|suavity|t1=not}} in- (“not”) + suavity Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} insuavity (countable and uncountable, plural insuavities)
  1. (obsolete) Lack of suavity; unpleasantness. Tags: countable, obsolete, uncountable

Inflected forms

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