? Obs. [ad. L. aduncitas n. of state, f. adunc-us ADUNC; see -ITY.] ‘Crookedness; flexure inward; hookedness.’ J.
1589. [Halliwell quotes Rider].
1626. Cockeram, Aduncity, hookednes, crookednesse.
1714. [Arbuthnot & Pope], M. Scriblerus, Pope’s Wks. 1824, VII. 71. The aduncity of the pounces and beaks of the hawks, is the cause of the great and habitual immorality of those animals.
