the state of being syllabic; the ability to form a syllable
Word origin
[1930–35; syllabic + -ity]This word is first recorded in the period 1930–35. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: acoustic phonetics, cloverleaf, logical positivism, technical foul, uncertainty principle-ity is a suffix used to form abstract nouns expressing state or condition. Other wordsthat use the affix -ity include: Latinity, civility, jollity