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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
celerity
 
SYLLABICATION:ce·ler·i·ty
PRONUNCIATION:  s-lr-t
NOUN: Swiftness of action or motion; speed. See synonyms at haste.
ETYMOLOGY:French célérité, from Old French, from Latin celerits, from celer, swift.
 
 
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  celeriac celery  
 
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