dicacity

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English dicacite, from Old French dicacité, from Latin dicācitās (whence -acity), from dicāx (“talkative”), from dīcō (“to speak, tell”). === Noun === dicacity (usually uncountable, plural dicacities) (obsolete) pertness; sauciness === References === “dicacity”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.