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countable and uncountable, plural contrarieties
Obsolete form of contrariety. quotations examples
The Cantharides have some part in them, which by a contrarietie of nature serveth as an antidot or counterpoison against their poison […].
1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 5, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […]