单词 | ity |
释义 | -ity (-ɪti) Word forms: plural -ities suffix -ity is added to adjectives, sometimes in place of '-ious', to form nouns referring to the state, quality, or behaviour described by the adjective. I, for one, admire his audacity. He enjoyed the tranquillity of village life. ...life with all its contradictions and complexities. -ity in British Englishsuffix forming nouns indicating state or condition technicality Word origin from Old French -ite, from Latin -itās-ity in American English (əti; ɪti) state, character, or condition of being ____, or an instance of any of these chastity, possibility Word origin ME -ite < OFr or L: OFr ité < L -itas < -i-, ending of stem, or thematic vowel + -tas, -ty1Definition of '-ity' |
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