modicity

noun

mo·​dic·​i·​ty

mōˈdisətē,

-ətē,

-i

plural -es

archaic

: moderateness

found compensation for the darkness of her frontage in the modicity of her rent

—Henry James †1916

Word History

Etymology

French modicité, from Late Latin modicitat-, modicitas, from Latin modicus moderate + -itat-, -itas -ity

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