importancy

English

Etymology

From Medieval Latin importantia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪmˈpɔː(ɹ)tənsi/

Noun

importancy (countable and uncountable, plural importancies) (obsolete or nonstandard)

1. Importance; significance.
   • c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, The Tragœdy of Othello, the Moore of Venice. […] (First Quarto), London: […] N[icholas] O[kes] for Thomas Walkley, […], published 1622, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iii], page 10:

     […] we conſider
     The importancy of Cypreſſe to the Turke: […]

2. That which is important.
   • 1642, Thomas Fuller, “The wise Statesman”, in The Holy State, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: […] Roger Daniel for John Williams, […], →OCLC, book IV, paragraph 7, page 259:

     Generall matters he is as liberall to impart, as carefull to conceal importancies.

References

• “importancy”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• aptronymic, patronymic, pyromantic