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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. IX).
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Quotation dates: 1490, 1598-1599, 1679
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Solidité, -ie, -y, n. [e.m.E. soliditye (1532), soliditie (1570), solidity (1607), F. solidité (1314 in Larousse), L. soliditāt- solidity, firmness.] a. The state of being physically solid, firm or hard. b. The quality of being solid, trustworthy, reliable, in fig. senses. —a. 1490 Irland Mir. I 68/17.
The membris of the ȝounge childer, as legis and vthire, suld nocht haue had sufficient solidite, … sa sone as vthire bestis —b. a1599 Rollock Wks. I 406.
All men and wemen be nature ar hypocrits, painted bodies, na soliditie in them — 1679 J. Barclay Descr. Cath. Ch. 2.
Heaven hath endued you with … a clearness and solidity of judgment
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