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单词 -ility
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-ilitysuffix

Primary stress is attracted to the first syllable of this suffix and vowels may be reduced accordingly; see e.g. protractility n.
compound suffix (French -ilité, Latin -ilitās), consisting of -ity suffix added to adjectives in -il (civility), -ile (servility), or -le (ability).
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a1865 E. C. Gaskell Wives & Daughters (1866) II. ii. 13 He heard of his successor's affability, and sociability, and amiability, and a variety of other agreeable ‘ilities’.
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