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constancy

noun
/ˈkɑnstənsi/US/ˈkɒnstənsi/UK

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cōnstantia.

  1. borrowed from cōnstantia

Definitions

  1. The quality of being constant

    The quality of being constant; steadiness or faithfulness in action, affections, purpose, etc.

    • A little Water cleares vs of this deed. How eaſie is it then? your Conſtancie Hath left you vnattended.
    • Punctuality is a species of Constancy, a very unfashionable quality in a Lady.
    • And, I do not know that I should be fond of preaching often; now and then, perhaps, once or twice in the spring, after being anxiously expected for half a dozen Sundays together; but not for a constancy; it would not do for a constancy.

  2. An unchanging quality or characteristic of a person or thing.

    • […] yonger ſpirits, […] whoſe conſtancies Expire before their faſhions: […]

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Derived

color constancy, inconstancy, nonconstancy

Vish — recursive loop

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA