orbity

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

orb +‎ -ity, from Latin orbitas.

Noun[edit]

orbity (plural orbities)

  1. (obsolete) A bereavement by loss of parents or children; the state of being orbate; orbation.
    • 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Printed by John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC:
      , 492:
      Discontents and grievances […] peculiar to private men, as cares, crosses, losses, death of friends, poverty, want, sickness, orbities, abuses, […]
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