Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The warmness of the sun in winter.
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- noun obsolete The
warmth of theSun inwinter .
Etymologies
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From the Latin aprīcitās, noun of quality from aprīcus ("warmed by the sun").
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Examples
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Thanks to the magic of the Oxford English Dictionary and people who write about dictionaries I know that I am experiencing apricity this morning.
Archive 2008-12-01 Gordie 2008
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Thanks to the magic of the Oxford English Dictionary and people who write about dictionaries I know that I am experiencing apricity this morning.
Unbepissed In Apricity Gordie 2008
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He has returned from his adventure in the far reaches of the English language with a rich harvest of obscure and forgotten words to share: indispensable gems such as "deipnophobia" (fear of dinner parties) or "apricity" (the warmth of the sun in winter).
livesey commented on the word apricity
The warmth felt by winter sun
October 8, 2008
MiketheViking90 commented on the word apricity
the warmth of the sun during winter
March 21, 2011
ruzuzu commented on the word apricity
I'm glad the sun feels warmth--maybe it should try to concentrate on that feeling the next time it's tempted to flare up at us.
March 22, 2011
Lee.courtney990@gmail.com commented on the word apricity
what does that mean?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
December 19, 2011
fbharjo commented on the word apricity
'early blooming warmth' as in apricot blossoms.
December 20, 2011
ruzuzu commented on the word apricity
Thanks, fbharjo. You reminded me that in the city of Geneva, Switzerland, there's an official chestnut tree that is known as the herald of the spring.
December 20, 2011
rolig commented on the word apricity
The fact that all of the examples, and even the Tweets®, merely cite this word and do not use it make me wonder if it is in fact a word that people say (or more likely, write). This seems more like a museum piece than an "actual word".
December 21, 2011
ruzuzu commented on the word apricity
Sounds like it was in that book by that guy who read the entire OED.
Here. This might help:
http://nancyfriedman.typepad.com/away_with_words/2008/12/word-of-the-week-apricity.html
December 22, 2011
rolig commented on the word apricity
Thanks, ru! But Nancy's citation there simply confirms my point. Ammon Shea (the guy who read the OED), writes about the word: "The OED does not give any citation for its use except for Henry Cockeram's 1623 English Dictionarie." This is a white elephant of a word, a verbal knick-knack: it sits on the shelf and people say, "Oh, how pretty!" but nobody really knows what to do with it except display it as a pretty word. And when you do try to use it (right now, a certain @impropaganda has Tweeted®, "Hope the weather holds for some beautiful southern apricity!") you end up sounding precious, arch, or pompous.
December 22, 2011
ruzuzu commented on the word apricity
Looks like there are two choices, then. Either it gets the wordie treatment, or you create a new list with more precious, arch, or pompous words for our enjoyment. :-)
December 22, 2011
hernesheir commented on the word apricity
Perhaps apricity could go on a list of forgotten linguistic pseudogenes.
"The word "theatrophone" is a forgotten linguistic pseudogene, and the word "minidisc" is becoming one" --from the Wordnik examples for theatrophone.
December 22, 2011
ruzuzu commented on the word apricity
*claps hands*
Yay! Okay, so is hernesheir going to create a forgotten linguistic pseudogenes list for us?
December 22, 2011
pterodactyl commented on the word apricity
I feel sad when I see "museum pieces" like this word which would be gorgeous words if anyone actually used them. I feel that we ought to smash the glass of the museum display case, snatch the word, and absquatulate with it, then slowly introduce it into the wild and work to establish a breeding population.
January 8, 2012
qms commented on the word apricity
Some call the coinage meretricious
But sound and image are sure delicious:
When the sun hanging low
Melts slowly the snow
The afternoon is apriciticious.
October 24, 2014
Logophile77 commented on the word apricity
hypernyms: warmth, sunlight, sunshine etc.
December 10, 2017