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Commonty
COMMONTY
,
Noun.
In Scots law, land belonging to two or more common proprietors; or a heath or muir, of which there has been a promiscuous possession by pasturage.
Definition
2025
commonty
commonty
English
Noun
commonty
(
uncountable
)
Shakespeare's jesting mispronunciation of
comedy
, put into the mouth of Christopher Sly.
Scots
Noun
commonty
(
plural
commonties
)
(
obsolete
)
community
Etymology
1594
Marry, I will; let them play it. Is not a
commonty
a Christmas gambold or a tumbling-trick?
— Shakespeare,
The Taming of the Shrew
,
Induction (prologue), Scene 2
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