SIGNIFICANCY

Noun

significancy (countable and uncountable, plural significancies)

(dated) significance

Source: Wiktionary


Sig*nif"i*cance, Sig*nif"i*can*cy, n. Etym: [L. significantia.]

1. The quality or state of being significant.

2. That which is signified; meaning; import; as, the significance of a nod, of a motion of the hand, or of a word or expression.

3. Importance; moment; weight; consequence. With this brain I must work, in order to give significancy and value to the few facts which I possess. De Quincey.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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