"procacity" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: procacities [plural]
Etymology: procac(ious) + -ity, from Latin procacitas. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|procacious|ity|alt1=procac(ious)}} procac(ious) + -ity, {{der|en|la|procacitas}} Latin procacitas Head templates: {{en-noun|-|+}} procacity (usually uncountable, plural procacities)
  1. (dated) forwardness; pertness; petulance; an instance of such. Tags: dated, uncountable, usually Related terms: procacious
    Sense id: en-procacity-en-noun-~MywP0CC Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ity

Inflected forms

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