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ˈvolatileness
[f. prec.]
The character or state of being volatile; volatility. Chiefly fig.
a1676Hale Prim. Orig. Man. i. i. (1677) 19, I do not see the Animal or Vital Spirits, neither can they, by reason of their subtilty and volatileness, be discovered immediately to the Sense. a1690Hopkins Expos. etc. (1692) 314 This would fix that Volatileness and Flittiness of our Memories, and make every truth as indelible, as it is necessary. 1727Bailey (vol. II), Volatileness, volatile Nature, Fleetingness; also a Property of Bodies whose Particles are apt to evaporate with Heat. 1766Life Quin xii. (1887) 48 Many mistakes which our immortal bard Shakespeare had by oversight, or the volatileness of his genius, suffered to creep into his works. 1849Tait's Mag. XVI. 314/1 With the volatileness of youth, he turned to his own amusements. |