Now rare. Also 7 (erron.) calidity. [ad. L. calliditātem cunning, craft (in good or bad sense), f. callidus skilful, cunning, crafty: see -ITY.] Craftiness, cunning.
1524. St. Papers Hen. VIII., VI. 280. His Holines, unto whom the callidities and crafty circumvencions of France be not unknowen.
1677. Gale, Crt. Gentiles, II. III. 99. Πανουργια signifies al manner of Calliditie or dexteritie to cheat & deceive.
1752. Smart, Hop Garden. Her eagle-ey’d callidity, deceit And fairy faction.
1833. Fraser’s Mag., VIII. 203. Suspect their own intimate friends of callidity.
