meliority
[ meel-yawr-i-tee, -yor-, mee-lee-awr-, -or- ]
/ milˈyɔr ɪ ti, -ˈyɒr-, ˌmi liˈɔr-, -ˈɒr- /
noun
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RELATED WORDS
preeminence, supremacy, excellence, perfection, prestige, dominance, vantage, preponderance, eminence, power, lead, pull, bulge, top, prevalence, influence, authority, edge, rank, better
Nearby words
melioidosis, meliorate, melioration, meliorative, meliorism, meliority, melisma, melismatic, melissa, melissy, melitene
Origin of meliority
1570–80; < Medieval Latin meliōritās, equivalent to Latin meliōr- (stem of melior) better + -itās -ity
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