Why this word is great
VIDUITY — [Noun] The state of being a widow; widowhood. From Latin viduitās ("widowhood"), from vidua ("widow"). Unlike "widowhood" (which is the modern, functional term) or "relict" (which reduces the widow to a remnant), "viduity" carries the weight of history—a word worn smooth by centuries of quiet grief. It is the black veil trembling in a draft, the untouched half of a bed still bearing the impression of a body, the silence of a house where one voice no longer answers—a word that acknowledges not just absence, but the hollowed-out shape of a life reconfigured by loss.