Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A compound termination of nouns (in -ity) from adjectives in -ic (the c pronounced as s before i), as catholicity, domesticity, electricity, publicity, from catholic, domestic, electric, public, etc.
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Examples
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Within days bloggers were discussing if 24's Jack Bauer had been given access to the device, speculating on the danger of overcharging lithium polymer ion batteries, discussing the pyrophor-icity of common household objects and worrying that they would be barred from taking their laptops on airplanes.
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I'm not going to go into detail here but lets just say, if he uses this christmas against us in any way then he WILL hear the Wrath of fe | icity (tm).
phelicity Diary Entry phelicity 2000
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Just as the planet Saturn departs from perfect spher - icity, so does the planet earth.
Dictionary of the History of Ideas EDWARD ROSEN 1968
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Commi-ssion (EFCC) Secretary, Mr. E Akomoye; top officials of power, foreign affairs, commerce ministry; Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN); Nigerian Electr-icity Regulatory
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If I could put my finger on what was absent elsewhere but present in those moments that gave me the real tingle, it might actually be genre-icity itself.
blissblog SIMON REYNOLDS 2010
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Many of their rituals are designed to create an effective visualization of the desired effect to allow it to take place.www. carl-jung.net/sync ... icity. html
Army Rumour Service 2010
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Many of their rituals are designed to create an effective visualization of the desired effect to allow it to take place.www. carl-jung.net/sync ... icity. html
Army Rumour Service 2010
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(Little did we know that compared to Season Two's, Boomer's Cylon-icity would look like a game of pattycakes.) 9.
This Recording 2009
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ADVERTISEMENT icity from the proposed nuclear power station at Hinkley Point in Somerset.
unknown title 2009
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ADVERTISEMENT icity from the proposed nuclear power station at Hinkley Point in Somerset.
unknown title 2009
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