procerity
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin proceritas.
Noun
procerity (uncountable)
- (archaic) tallness, height
- 1756, Samuel Johnson, Memoires of Frederick III, &c.:
- […] when he met with a tall woman he immediately commanded one of his Titanian retinue to marry her that they might propagate procerity.
- 1756, Samuel Johnson, Memoires of Frederick III, &c.:
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