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anilities

anilities is the plural of anility.

Meaning of anility

Noun

anility (countable and uncountable, plural anilities)

  1. (uncountable) The condition of being anile.
    Synonyms:
    cronehood
  2. (countable) An anile utterance; an old wives' tale.
    • We are then told of the basilisk killing by staring, and of a mous running round a snake till it rushes into the jaws of death. After copying many such anilities, the author adds only, "but our readers will excuse our enlarging."1819, The Edinburgh Monthly Review, volume 1, page 707

Questions about anilities

What is anilities the plural of?
Anilities is the plural of anility.

Words near anilities in the dictionary

  1. anilinothiazolinones
  2. anilins
  3. anilism
  4. anilite
  5. anilites
  6. anilities
  7. anility
  8. anillin
  9. anilo
  10. anilopam
  11. anilophyll

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