-ity

a suffix used to form abstract nouns expressing state or condition: jollity; civility; Latinity.

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earnest
full seriousness, as of intention or purpose.
a feeling of dread, anxiety, or anguish.
urgent character; imperativeness; insistence; importunateness.
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Origin of -ity

variant of -itie, Middle English -ite < Old French < Latin -itāt- (stem of -itās); in many words representing Latin -itās directly

Words nearby -ity

-ition, -itious, -itis, -itive, -itol, -ity, -ium, -ive, -ivus, -ization, -ize
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British Dictionary definitions for -ity

-ity

suffix forming nouns

indicating state or conditiontechnicality

Word Origin for -ity

from Old French -ite, from Latin -itās
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