† cruˈdelity Obs.
[a. F. crudélité (Oresme, 14th c.), ad. L. crūdēlitās cruelty, f. crūdēlis cruel.]
= cruelty.
| 1483 Caxton Cato B iij b, The thyrd synne is unmyserycorde and crudelyte. 1527 St. Papers Hen. VIII, VI. 585 The shameful crudelities committed by the Emperours armye. 1635 Heywood Hierarch. v. 316, 3. The Atrocitie of the punishment. 4. The Crudelitie of the afflicters. 1707 Collier Refl. Ridic. 287 The Excess of Crudelity. |