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a suffix used to form abstract nouns expressing state, condition, or quality: jollity; civility; Latinity; variability.
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Origin of -ity

Variant of -itie,Middle English -ite<Old French <Latin -itÄ?t- (stem of -itÄ?s); in many words representing Latin -itÄ?s directly

Words nearby -ity

iTunes, Iturbi, Itúrbide, ITV, It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, -ity, i-type semiconductor, IU, IUCD, IUCN Red List, IUD
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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 -itÄ?s
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