2. Noun. (plurale tantum archaic) The genitals. ¹
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Definition of Privities
1. privity [n] - See also: privity
Lexicographical Neighbors of Privities
Literary usage of Privities
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Universal Etymological English Dictionary: Containing an Additional ...by Nathan Bailey by Nathan Bailey (1737)
"... about the privities, SU'DOR, Sweat, an Humour of the Body confiding chiefly
of Water with a moderate Quantity of Salt and Sulphur. £. ..."
2. A Brief Historical Relation of State Affairs, from September 1678 to April 1714 by Narcissus Luttrell (1857)
"... for carrying false and scandalous messages between his royall highnesse and Dr.
Gates, without either their privities : and the said sir Thomas, ..."
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