magnality
Syllables: mag·nal·i·ty/mæɡˈnælɪti/US/mæɡˈnælɪti/
magnality noun: a great or wonderful thing; a marvel.
Noun
magnality (plural magnalities)
- A great or wonderful thing; a marvel.
- The exiguity and ſmallneſſe of ſome ſeeds extending to large productions is one of the magnalities of nature, ſomewhat illuſtrating the work of the Creation, and vaſt production from nothing.1658, Thomas Browne, “The Garden of Cyrus. […]. Chapter III.”, in Hydriotaphia, Urne-buriall, […] Together with The Garden of Cyrus, […], London: […] Hen[ry] Brome […], →OCLC, page 136
- Silly or insufferable is the man who has to hawk his own magnality.1853 November 5, “a grateful preference proprietor” [pseudonym], “North British—Preference Gratitude”, in The Railway Times, volume XVI, number 45 (number 827 overall), London: William Lurcott, at...
Forms of magnality
| plural | magnalities |
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Origin of magnality
From Latin magnāle (“mighty work or deed”) (from magnus (“big, large; great; important”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *m̥ǵh₂nós, from *méǵh₂s (“big, great”)) + -ity.
Words that rhyme with magnality
- modality
- plurality
- locality
- personality
- reality
- fatality
- morality
- bestiality
- potentiality
- sexuality
- duality
- formality
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- instrumentality
- irrationality
- tonality
- asexuality
- banality
- brutality
- centrality
- externality
- generality
- hospitality
- normality
- totality
- causality
- confidentiality
- conventionality
- cordiality
- dimensionality
- eventuality
- extraterritoriality
- fantasticality
- homosexuality
- immorality
- legality
- lethality
- mentality
- notionality
- sensuality
- surreality
- temporality
- androsexuality
- chirality
- congeniality
- dentality
- diapersexuality
- finality
- fursonality
- geniality
- grammaticality
- graysexuality
- gynesexuality
- gynosexuality
- institutionality
- joviality
- mysticality
- omnipotentiality
- speciality
- sphericality
- topicality
Questions about magnality
- What does magnality mean?
- Magnality means a great or wonderful thing; a marvel.
- What part of speech is magnality?
- Magnality is a noun.
- How do you pronounce magnality?
- Magnality is pronounced /mæɡˈnælɪti/ (UK).
- What is the plural of magnality?
- The plural of magnality is magnalities.
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