Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for FALS'I-TY
FALS'I-TY, n. [L. falsitas.]
- Contrariety or inconformity to truth; the quality of being false. Probability does not make any alteration, either in the truth or falsity of things. South.
- Falsehood; a lie; a false assertion. Glanville. [This sense is less proper.]
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