"vehemency" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: vehemencies [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin vehementia. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|vehementia}} Latin vehementia Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} vehemency (countable and uncountable, plural vehemencies)
  1. (archaic) Vehemence. Tags: archaic, countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-vehemency-en-noun-Fb5~k-Xp Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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