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anility

anility noun: the condition of being anile.

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

anility meaning in Tamil and Urdu

anility in Tamil

அறிவாற்றல் அற்ற நிலை, கிழவி போன்ற, கிழவிநிலை, கிழத்தனம், முதுமைத்தளர்ச்சி

anility in Urdu

سٹھیاپا, بڑھاپا, بوڑھوں کا سا مزاج

Synonyms of anility

Forms of anility

pluralanilities

Origin of anility

From Latin anīlitās.

Questions about anility

What does anility mean?
Anility means the condition of being anile.
What is anility in Tamil?
Anility in Tamil is அறிவாற்றல் அற்ற நிலை, கிழவி போன்ற, கிழவிநிலை. See Anility meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is anility?
Anility is a noun.
What is the plural of anility?
The plural of anility is anilities.

Words near anility in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: anility (page history and authors); anility (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); anility (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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