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immobility|ɪməʊˈbɪlɪtɪ|
[a. F. immobilité (13–14th c. in Hatz.-Darm.) or ad. L. immōbilitās, -tātem, n. of quality f. immōbilis immobile.]
The quality or condition of being immobile; incapacity of moving, or of being moved; fixedness, stability; motionlessness. (lit. and fig.).
1483Caxton Gold. Leg. 25 b/1 In dyvynyte, in eternite, in situacion of immobylyte. a1617Bayne On Eph. (1658) 55 The immobility of Gods word. 1664Power Exp. Philos. iii. 153 A Magnetical Demonstration of the Earth's Immobility. 1732Arbuthnot Rules of Diet 367 A Palsy is an Immobility of a Muscle from Relaxation. 1818Cruise Digest (ed. 2) I. 263 Estates for years are considered in law as chattels real, being an interest in real property, of which they have one quality, immobility, which denominates them real. 1860W. Collins Wom. White i. ix. 102 There was an unnatural immobility in her face.
b. concr. = immovable B. (nonce-use).
1873Browning Red Cott. Nt.-cap 132 Still is for sale..that same château With all its immobilities. |