[ad. F. condensité, f. L. condens-us CONDENSE: cf. density, ad. L. densitās, -ātem.]
† 1. Density. Obs.
1611. Cotgr., Condensité, condensitie, thicknesse, hardnesse, closenesse.
1638. Wilkins, New World, xiv. (1707), 121. Heaviness is an absolute quality of itself, and really distinct from Condensity.
1755. in Johnson.
1814. W. Taylor, in Robberds, Mem., II. 445. Observations on the … dispersion and condensity of human multitudes.
2. Condensed quality; pithiness.
1885. Blackw. Mag., Feb., 168/2. Her prose had the condensity, the felicity of fine Verse.
