Pronounced: uhr-tih-KAY-shuhs, adj
Notes: A new word to me
Yesterday’s word
The word velleity is
- the lowest degree of volition
- a slight wish or tendency; inclination
First usage
Our word came into English in the mid-1600s
Background / Comments
I find today’s word an excellent one to know; it expresses the idea of a very insignificant wish or desire — one so low that one barely feels like putting forth an effort to achieve it. It has the idea of a very faint wish. Thus, it is a good word to know to express things like a slight inclination. Our word came from the new Latin word velleitas, which came from the Latin verb velle (to wish; to will).
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