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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. X).
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Quotation dates: 1673
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Superbity, n. [e.m.E. superbite (a1550), superbity (1653), OF superbité (OED), med. L. *superbitat-, f. as Superb(e adj.] Splendour, magnificence, in terms of height or size. —1673 M. P. Brown Suppl. Decis. III 17.
In Rome … they had a general gage of height appointed for all houses within burgh … that there might be an uniformity in houses and no deformity in the city, by the superbity of some edifices and lowness of others
