meliority
American
[meel-yawr-i-tee, -yor-, mee-lee-awr-, -or-]
/ milˈyɔr ɪ ti, -ˈyɒr-, ˌmi liˈɔr-, -ˈɒr- /
noun
Etymology
Origin of meliority
1570–80; < Medieval Latin meliōritās, equivalent to Latin meliōr- (stem of melior ) better + -itās -ity
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