insuavity rare.
(ɪnˈswævɪtɪ)
[ad. L. insuāvit-ās, f. insuāvis: see prec. and suavity. Cf. F. insuavité (Littré).]
Lack of suavity or sweetness; unpleasantness; surliness.
| 1621 Burton Anat. Mel. i. iv. i. (1624) 186 All fears..discontents, imbonities, insuavities are swallowed up..in this Irish sea, this Ocean of misery. 1657 Tomlinson Renou's Disp. 54 By reason of its ill odor and insuavity. 1878 T. Hardy Ret. Native III. v. ii. 123 It partly explained the insuavity with which the woman greeted him. |