velleityn.

Brit.

/vɛˈliːᵻti/,

/vəˈliːᵻti/, U.S.

/vəˈliᵻdi/,

/vɛˈliᵻdi/

Forms: Also 1600s velleitie.

Etymology: < medieval Latin velleitāt-, velleitās, < Latin velle to will, wish: see -ity suffix. Compare French velléité (16th cent.), Italian velleità, Spanish veleidad, Portuguese velleidade.

1. The fact or quality of merely willing, wishing, or desiring, without any effort or advance towards action or realization.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > wishing > [noun] > merely

velleity1634

1634 Bp. J. Hall Contempl. Hist. New Test. (STC 12640.5) 101 Thy word alone, thy beck alone, thy wish alone, yea the least act of velleity from thee might have wrought this cure.

1662 R. Baxter Saints Everlasting Rest (new ed.) iv. To Rdr. 831 We must distinguish..Between the simple Velleity of the Will, and the choice that followeth the Comparate act of the intellect.

1690 J. Norris Christian Blessedness 105 By Impotent willing meaning that natural Inclination or Velleity we have to every Good as such.

1768 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued I. i. 28 Velleity can scarce be called a power, for a power which never operates is no power at all.

1808 J. Bentham Sc. Reform 77 In your Lordship will is volition, clothed and armed with power—in me, it is bare inert velleity.

1838 New Monthly Mag. 52 110 This singular exuberance of velleity for education must presuppose a corresponding qualification for the task.

1866 J. R. Lowell My Study Windows (1870) 191 Châteaubriand..had the same harmless velleity of self-destruction.

1870 J. R. Lowell Rousseau in Among my Bks. 1st Ser. 244 He and all like him mistake emotion for conviction, velleity for resolve.

a. With a and plural. A mere wish, desire, or inclination without accompanying action or effort.Very common in the 17th cent.; now somewhat rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > wishing > [noun] > a wish > mere

willeOE

woulda1393

velleity1624

1624 Bp. F. White Replie to Iesuit Fishers Answere 78 The antecedent will of God is only a velleitie or wishing that a thing might be.

1640 E. Reynolds Treat. Passions xvii. 180 They are onely Velleities and not Volitions: halfe and broken wishes, not whole desires.

1692 J. Norris Cursory Refl. Ess. Human Understanding 37 in Christian Blessedness (ed. 2) The same might also be illustrated from the Actions of the Will, some of which are perfect and compleat Determinations, others only Velleities or Endeavours.

1710 J. Norris Treat. Christian Prudence vi. 229 The one loves it only in some respect or degree, with an incomplete Love or Velleity as 'tis call'd.

1740 G. Cheyne Ess. Regimen 315 We may have vehement Willings, Longings, Volitions, and Velleities.

1808 J. Bentham Sc. Reform 2 Preceding administrations reckoned this..in the number of their velleities: what they had been thinking of doing, your Lordship has done.

1841 T. Carlyle Let. 14 July in Coll. Lett. T. & J. W. Carlyle (1987) XIII. 184 I never had any thought, only vague rebellious impulses, blind longings and vellietés [velléités: impulses].

1873 R. Browning Red Cotton Night-cap Country iv. 244 No matter what his least velleity, I was determined he should want no wish.

1884 J. A. Froude T. Carlyle: Life in London I. viii. 218 He had no fixed intentions, only rebellious impulses, blind longings and velleities.

b. Const. with various prepositions, as after, against, for, of, towards (something). Also with to and infinitive.

ΚΠ

1633 W. Ames Fresh Suit against Human Ceremonies ii. 20 No imperfect velleities of good are so interpreted.

a1651 N. Culverwell Elegant Disc. Light of Nature (1652) i. xviii. 207 Nature that has but some weake glimpses of him, and so it has but faint and languishing velleities after him.

1672 H. Dodwell Two Lett. Advice i. iv. 8 The designing the more noble end for the less noble..implies no volition, but onely a velleity, for that which is more noble.

1672 H. Dodwell Two Lett. Advice i. xv. 60 Terrifying men from their sins, so as not onely to make them entertain some struggling velleities against them [etc.].

1795 Hussey in Burke Corr. (1844) IV. 280 Some of her prelates have..showed a velleity to make a stand in the upper house.

1853 G. Grote Hist. Greece XI. ii. lxxxiv. 102 The effect was not the less produced, of disgusting Dionysius with his velleities towards political good.

1861 J. S. Mill Represent. Govt. 330 The executive, with their real but faint velleities of something better.

1887 Dublin Rev. July 194 There is no reason to suspect the slightest velleity to bring any pressure to bear on the matter.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	velleity
释义	velleityn. Brit. /vɛˈliːᵻti/, /vəˈliːᵻti/, U.S. /vəˈliᵻdi/, /vɛˈliᵻdi/ Forms: Also 1600s velleitie. Etymology: < medieval Latin velleitāt-, velleitās, < Latin velle to will, wish: see -ity suffix. Compare French velléité (16th cent.), Italian velleità, Spanish veleidad, Portuguese velleidade. 1. The fact or quality of merely willing, wishing, or desiring, without any effort or advance towards action or realization. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > wishing > [noun] > merely velleity1634 1634 Bp. J. Hall Contempl. Hist. New Test. (STC 12640.5) 101 Thy word alone, thy beck alone, thy wish alone, yea the least act of velleity from thee might have wrought this cure. 1662 R. Baxter Saints Everlasting Rest (new ed.) iv. To Rdr. 831 We must distinguish..Between the simple Velleity of the Will, and the choice that followeth the Comparate act of the intellect. 1690 J. Norris Christian Blessedness 105 By Impotent willing meaning that natural Inclination or Velleity we have to every Good as such. 1768 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued I. i. 28 Velleity can scarce be called a power, for a power which never operates is no power at all. 1808 J. Bentham Sc. Reform 77 In your Lordship will is volition, clothed and armed with power—in me, it is bare inert velleity. 1838 New Monthly Mag. 52 110 This singular exuberance of velleity for education must presuppose a corresponding qualification for the task. 1866 J. R. Lowell My Study Windows (1870) 191 Châteaubriand..had the same harmless velleity of self-destruction. 1870 J. R. Lowell Rousseau in Among my Bks. 1st Ser. 244 He and all like him mistake emotion for conviction, velleity for resolve. 2. a. With a and plural. A mere wish, desire, or inclination without accompanying action or effort.Very common in the 17th cent.; now somewhat rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > wishing > [noun] > a wish > mere willeOE woulda1393 velleity1624 1624 Bp. F. White Replie to Iesuit Fishers Answere 78 The antecedent will of God is only a velleitie or wishing that a thing might be. 1640 E. Reynolds Treat. Passions xvii. 180 They are onely Velleities and not Volitions: halfe and broken wishes, not whole desires. 1692 J. Norris Cursory Refl. Ess. Human Understanding 37 in Christian Blessedness (ed. 2) The same might also be illustrated from the Actions of the Will, some of which are perfect and compleat Determinations, others only Velleities or Endeavours. 1710 J. Norris Treat. Christian Prudence vi. 229 The one loves it only in some respect or degree, with an incomplete Love or Velleity as 'tis call'd. 1740 G. Cheyne Ess. Regimen 315 We may have vehement Willings, Longings, Volitions, and Velleities. 1808 J. Bentham Sc. Reform 2 Preceding administrations reckoned this..in the number of their velleities: what they had been thinking of doing, your Lordship has done. 1841 T. Carlyle Let. 14 July in Coll. Lett. T. & J. W. Carlyle (1987) XIII. 184 I never had any thought, only vague rebellious impulses, blind longings and vellietés [velléités: impulses]. 1873 R. Browning Red Cotton Night-cap Country iv. 244 No matter what his least velleity, I was determined he should want no wish. 1884 J. A. Froude T. Carlyle: Life in London I. viii. 218 He had no fixed intentions, only rebellious impulses, blind longings and velleities. b. Const. with various prepositions, as after, against, for, of, towards (something). Also with to and infinitive. ΚΠ 1633 W. Ames Fresh Suit against Human Ceremonies ii. 20 No imperfect velleities of good are so interpreted. a1651 N. Culverwell Elegant Disc. Light of Nature (1652) i. xviii. 207 Nature that has but some weake glimpses of him, and so it has but faint and languishing velleities after him. 1672 H. Dodwell Two Lett. Advice i. iv. 8 The designing the more noble end for the less noble..implies no volition, but onely a velleity, for that which is more noble. 1672 H. Dodwell Two Lett. Advice i. xv. 60 Terrifying men from their sins, so as not onely to make them entertain some struggling velleities against them [etc.]. 1795 Hussey in Burke Corr. (1844) IV. 280 Some of her prelates have..showed a velleity to make a stand in the upper house. 1853 G. Grote Hist. Greece XI. ii. lxxxiv. 102 The effect was not the less produced, of disgusting Dionysius with his velleities towards political good. 1861 J. S. Mill Represent. Govt. 330 The executive, with their real but faint velleities of something better. 1887 Dublin Rev. July 194 There is no reason to suspect the slightest velleity to bring any pressure to bear on the matter. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1624
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