oriency

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English

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Etymology

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From orient +‎ -cy.

Noun

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oriency (uncountable)

  1. (archaic) Brightness or strength of colour.
    • 1671, Thomas Watson, The Beatitudes, page 41:
      So our Lord Chrift having ſet down ſeveral qualifications of a Chriſtin […] ſets the magnificent crown of reward upon them, that by this oriency, he might the more ſet forth their unparallel'd beauty, and entice holy love.
    • 1663, Edward Waterhouse, Fortescutus Illustratus:
      one worthy man whoſe Juſtice has the oriency of a Carbuncle
    • 1654, Nathan Culverwell, An Elegant and Learned Discourse of the Light of Nature:
      'Tis granted that the picture has lost its gloſſe and beauty, the oriency of its colours, the elegancy of its lineaments, the comelineſſe of its proportion; muſt it therefore be totally defac'd?

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