vocalityn.

Brit.

/və(ʊ)ˈkalᵻti/, U.S.

/voʊˈkælədi/

Forms: 1500s–1600s vocalitie, 1500s– vocality.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: vocal adj., -ity suffix.

Etymology: < vocal adj. + -ity suffix.Compare classical Latin vōcālitās euphony (Quintilian, translating ancient Greek εὐϕωνία euphony n.), in post-classical Latin also quality of having voice (12th cent.; 15th cent. in a British source).

a. The quality or condition of being able to produce or utter sounds, words, etc., with the voice; the capacity to speak, sing, etc.; the use of the voice for this purpose.In quot. 1597 in a personification of sin.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > [noun] > quality of having

vocality1597

voicefulness1849

1597 Bp. J. King Lect. Ionas ii. 34 Sentences of scripture, expressing the loudnesse and vocalitie of sinne.

1657 Divine Lover 27 Now as concerninge the maner of exercising these Deuotions, it ought cheifly to be done in Spirit and mind, and without any vocalitie at all.

1689 W. Salmon tr. Y. van Diemerbroeck Anat. Human Bodies ii. 49 It came to pass that half the Vocality was defective.

1774 ‘T. Medley’ Hotch Potch 95 He tried several Medicines in vain, but was restored by the Elixir to his remarkable Vocality.

1794 E. Darwin Zoonomia I. xvii. 192 The movements of her eyes and eyelids, and of the intricate muscles of vocality.

1829 F. Marryat Naval Officer III. v. 136 Fearing she might not confine herself to vocality.

1890 M. O. Stanton Syst. Pract. & Sci. Physiognomy II. ii. ii. 654 Vocality, or the ability to speak as simply as the babbling infant, is the most elementary form of human expression.

1960 Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull. 41 1012 It is interesting to note that vocality has been reported in the majority of the other gekkonoid lizards.

2005 P. Kottman tr. A. Cavarero For more than one Voice ii. ii. 114 For Homer, who knows nothing of the modern rational subject, the Sirens do not at all represent a presemantic vocality.

b. The quality of uttering or expressing one's views or opinions freely, loudly, or vehemently; vociferousness, outspokenness. Cf. vocalness n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > cry or shout (loudness) > [noun] > quality

vocalness1660

vociferousness1756

vociferosity1837

vociferance1905

vocality1941

1941 Ann. Amer. Acad. Polit. & Social Sci. 213 67/2 The fan mail movement..has made a channel through which the people have learned a new vocality.

1974 A. C. Ornstein Metrop. Schools ii. 72 Because of the vocality of the critics of the schools,..it was..easy to overlook the fact that most people were indifferent or even had confidence in the schools.

1999 Western Morning News (Plymouth) (Nexis) 17 May 11 Next month's vote will be a riveting opportunity to see whether the vocality of the UKIP's Westcountry activists can be matched in the ballot box.

2013 Daily Texan (Univ. Texas, Austin) (Nexis) 13 Oct. 1 Silence is just as political as vocality.

a. The quality or character of sound, esp. of the voice; vocal qualities such as tone, resonance, timbre, etc., considered collectively.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > [noun] > utterance of vocal sound > quality of being uttered or utterable

vocality1623

1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. i Vocalitie, the tune or sound of the voice.

1701 R. Phillips Fatal Inconstancy v. i. 27 The sweet Dulciloquy of an Amorous Paramour, that Penetrates the Heart with his whining Vocality.

1887 Real Estate Rec. & Builders' Guide 20 Aug. 1084/1 It [sc. the graphiphone] gives a vocality to the sound, which the phonograph did not.

1930 N.Y. Times 16 Nov. xx. 10/3 ‘Radio technique’..is a highly specialized activity, with a psychology, a terminology and perhaps a vocality all its own.

2017 Austral. Financial Rev. (Nexis) 10 June 42 It's about the beauty of the voice... It's about vocality and timbre and virtuosity.

b. In plural. Vocal properties or sounds, esp. as displayed in singing.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > [noun]

reirdOE

voicec1330

stevenc1369

sound1385

laita1400

lively voice1532

pipe1567

live voice1610

vocalities1667

squall1725

vox1869

Hobson's choice1937

society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > singing > singing voice > [noun]

voicea1513

pipe1567

vocalities1667

song voice1842

1667 S. Pepys Diary 30 Dec. (1974) VIII. 599 Not understanding the words, I lose the benefit of the vocalitys of the music, and it proves only instrumental.

1774 ‘J. Collier’ Musical Trav. 39 I was informed..that I could not see him, as he was then busied in performing his vocalities.

1884 Cent. Mag. 28 510 What in all the vocalities of Nature is there to compare with..this cloistered melodist?

1920 Independent (Kansas City, Missouri) 2 Oct. 2/1 Hazel Flint also was very pleasing, and her vocalities were utilized for all they are worth.

1976 Field & Stream June 90/1 Dick and Jim had been laughing at my vocalities.

2013 N.Y. Observer (Nexis) 28 May The secret to Mr. Harris's distorted but oddly warm vocalities.

3. Phonetics. The quality of being voiced (voiced adj. 3).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > linguistics > study of speech sound > speech sound > voiced or voiceless sound gen > [noun] > voiced sound > quality

vocality1645

sonancy1860

voicedness1912

1645 T. Urquhart Trissotetras 93 Consound, to sound with another thing; it is said of consonants, which have no vocality without the help of the vowell.

1762 J. Buchanan Brit. Gram. vi. viii. 146 Others are Consonants, which without the Help of Vowels have no express Vocality.

1874 H. Sweet in Trans. Philol. Soc. 538 Even in the present literary English we find initial vocality still preserved in the words véin (from fana), væt and vixen.

1901 Oread Jan. 54/2 Consonants have feeble vocality, and are incapable of articulation by themselves.

1992 D. Viviers & H. van Schalkwyk Success with Eng. Lang. & Communication Skills (2002) ii. 53/1 P is a breath consonant..; b is a voiced consonant..; m is a liquid consonant with vocality and resonance.

4. Phonetics. The fact or quality of being a vowel; vocalic nature or character. Cf. vocal adj. 9.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > linguistics > study of speech sound > speech sound > vowel > [noun] > quality of being

vocality1749

1749 Philos. Trans. 1748 (Royal Soc.) 45 402 My present Design..is to give a List of Vowels, whereby to discriminate, as conveniently as may be, all the Instances of Vocality that occur, distinctly, in the English Language.

1853 J. A. Fowler Anal. Dramatic & Oratorical Expression i. iii. 110 The audible emission of breath through the nose in sneezing, is represented..by the aspiration of s in combination with the nasality of n: the expressive qualities of this literal combination, are furthered by the vocality of e.

1915 Mod. Lang. Notes 30 236/2 Why, if all vowels alliterate with one another because of their vocality, should not all consonants alliterate with one another by virtue of their consonantality?

2003 C. W. Kusters Ling. Complexity v. 225 We propose that a has more ‘vocality’ than i.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	vocality
释义	vocalityn. Brit. /və(ʊ)ˈkalᵻti/, U.S. /voʊˈkælədi/ Forms: 1500s–1600s vocalitie, 1500s– vocality. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: vocal adj., -ity suffix. Etymology: < vocal adj. + -ity suffix.Compare classical Latin vōcālitās euphony (Quintilian, translating ancient Greek εὐϕωνία euphony n.), in post-classical Latin also quality of having voice (12th cent.; 15th cent. in a British source). 1. a. The quality or condition of being able to produce or utter sounds, words, etc., with the voice; the capacity to speak, sing, etc.; the use of the voice for this purpose.In quot. 1597 in a personification of sin. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > [noun] > quality of having vocality1597 voicefulness1849 1597 Bp. J. King Lect. Ionas ii. 34 Sentences of scripture, expressing the loudnesse and vocalitie of sinne. 1657 Divine Lover 27 Now as concerninge the maner of exercising these Deuotions, it ought cheifly to be done in Spirit and mind, and without any vocalitie at all. 1689 W. Salmon tr. Y. van Diemerbroeck Anat. Human Bodies ii. 49 It came to pass that half the Vocality was defective. 1774 ‘T. Medley’ Hotch Potch 95 He tried several Medicines in vain, but was restored by the Elixir to his remarkable Vocality. 1794 E. Darwin Zoonomia I. xvii. 192 The movements of her eyes and eyelids, and of the intricate muscles of vocality. 1829 F. Marryat Naval Officer III. v. 136 Fearing she might not confine herself to vocality. 1890 M. O. Stanton Syst. Pract. & Sci. Physiognomy II. ii. ii. 654 Vocality, or the ability to speak as simply as the babbling infant, is the most elementary form of human expression. 1960 Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull. 41 1012 It is interesting to note that vocality has been reported in the majority of the other gekkonoid lizards. 2005 P. Kottman tr. A. Cavarero For more than one Voice ii. ii. 114 For Homer, who knows nothing of the modern rational subject, the Sirens do not at all represent a presemantic vocality. b. The quality of uttering or expressing one's views or opinions freely, loudly, or vehemently; vociferousness, outspokenness. Cf. vocalness n. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > cry or shout (loudness) > [noun] > quality vocalness1660 vociferousness1756 vociferosity1837 vociferance1905 vocality1941 1941 Ann. Amer. Acad. Polit. & Social Sci. 213 67/2 The fan mail movement..has made a channel through which the people have learned a new vocality. 1974 A. C. Ornstein Metrop. Schools ii. 72 Because of the vocality of the critics of the schools,..it was..easy to overlook the fact that most people were indifferent or even had confidence in the schools. 1999 Western Morning News (Plymouth) (Nexis) 17 May 11 Next month's vote will be a riveting opportunity to see whether the vocality of the UKIP's Westcountry activists can be matched in the ballot box. 2013 Daily Texan (Univ. Texas, Austin) (Nexis) 13 Oct. 1 Silence is just as political as vocality. 2. a. The quality or character of sound, esp. of the voice; vocal qualities such as tone, resonance, timbre, etc., considered collectively. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > [noun] > utterance of vocal sound > quality of being uttered or utterable vocality1623 1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. i Vocalitie, the tune or sound of the voice. 1701 R. Phillips Fatal Inconstancy v. i. 27 The sweet Dulciloquy of an Amorous Paramour, that Penetrates the Heart with his whining Vocality. 1887 Real Estate Rec. & Builders' Guide 20 Aug. 1084/1 It [sc. the graphiphone] gives a vocality to the sound, which the phonograph did not. 1930 N.Y. Times 16 Nov. xx. 10/3 ‘Radio technique’..is a highly specialized activity, with a psychology, a terminology and perhaps a vocality all its own. 2017 Austral. Financial Rev. (Nexis) 10 June 42 It's about the beauty of the voice... It's about vocality and timbre and virtuosity. b. In plural. Vocal properties or sounds, esp. as displayed in singing. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > [noun] reirdOE voicec1330 stevenc1369 sound1385 laita1400 lively voice1532 pipe1567 live voice1610 vocalities1667 squall1725 vox1869 Hobson's choice1937 society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > singing > singing voice > [noun] voicea1513 pipe1567 vocalities1667 song voice1842 1667 S. Pepys Diary 30 Dec. (1974) VIII. 599 Not understanding the words, I lose the benefit of the vocalitys of the music, and it proves only instrumental. 1774 ‘J. Collier’ Musical Trav. 39 I was informed..that I could not see him, as he was then busied in performing his vocalities. 1884 Cent. Mag. 28 510 What in all the vocalities of Nature is there to compare with..this cloistered melodist? 1920 Independent (Kansas City, Missouri) 2 Oct. 2/1 Hazel Flint also was very pleasing, and her vocalities were utilized for all they are worth. 1976 Field & Stream June 90/1 Dick and Jim had been laughing at my vocalities. 2013 N.Y. Observer (Nexis) 28 May The secret to Mr. Harris's distorted but oddly warm vocalities. 3. Phonetics. The quality of being voiced (voiced adj. 3). ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of speech sound > speech sound > voiced or voiceless sound gen > [noun] > voiced sound > quality vocality1645 sonancy1860 voicedness1912 1645 T. Urquhart Trissotetras 93 Consound, to sound with another thing; it is said of consonants, which have no vocality without the help of the vowell. 1762 J. Buchanan Brit. Gram. vi. viii. 146 Others are Consonants, which without the Help of Vowels have no express Vocality. 1874 H. Sweet in Trans. Philol. Soc. 538 Even in the present literary English we find initial vocality still preserved in the words véin (from fana), væt and vixen. 1901 Oread Jan. 54/2 Consonants have feeble vocality, and are incapable of articulation by themselves. 1992 D. Viviers & H. van Schalkwyk Success with Eng. Lang. & Communication Skills (2002) ii. 53/1 P is a breath consonant..; b is a voiced consonant..; m is a liquid consonant with vocality and resonance. 4. Phonetics. The fact or quality of being a vowel; vocalic nature or character. Cf. vocal adj. 9. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of speech sound > speech sound > vowel > [noun] > quality of being vocality1749 1749 Philos. Trans. 1748 (Royal Soc.) 45 402 My present Design..is to give a List of Vowels, whereby to discriminate, as conveniently as may be, all the Instances of Vocality that occur, distinctly, in the English Language. 1853 J. A. Fowler Anal. Dramatic & Oratorical Expression i. iii. 110 The audible emission of breath through the nose in sneezing, is represented..by the aspiration of s in combination with the nasality of n: the expressive qualities of this literal combination, are furthered by the vocality of e. 1915 Mod. Lang. Notes 30 236/2 Why, if all vowels alliterate with one another because of their vocality, should not all consonants alliterate with one another by virtue of their consonantality? 2003 C. W. Kusters Ling. Complexity v. 225 We propose that a has more ‘vocality’ than i. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1597
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