Archaic term for hardness, durability, or resistance to wear; the quality of being hard or tough.
From Old French dureté and Latin duritas, from durus meaning hard. The word entered Middle English but gradually fell out of favor as 'hardness' became the standard term.
Durity is a ghost word in English—it practically disappeared by the 19th century, replaced by simpler synonyms, but it once expressed the exact idea of being resistant to damage and decay.
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