legerity
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About Our Definitions: All forms of a word (noun, verb, etc.) are now displayed on one page.le·ger·i·ty
noun \lə-ˈjer-ə-tē, le-, -ˈje-rə-\Definition of LEGERITY
: alert facile quickness of mind or body
Origin of LEGERITY
Middle French legereté, from Old French, lightness, from leger light, from Vulgar Latin *leviarius, from Latin levis — more at light
First Known Use: 1561
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