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meliority

meliority noun: the state or quality of being better; melioration.

Noun

meliority (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) The state or quality of being better; melioration.
    • [M]en are accuſtomed after themſelues & their ovvne faſhion, to incline vnto them vvhich are ſofteſt, and are leaſt in their vvay, in deſpight and derogation of them, that hold them hardeſt to it. So that this colour of meliority and preheminence is of a ſigne of eneruation and weakneſſe.1597, Francis [Bacon], “Of the Colours of Good and Evill, a Fragment”, in The Essayes […], 3rd edition, London: […] Iohn Haviland […], published 1632, →OCLC

Origin of meliority

From Latin melioritas, from melior. See meliorate.

Questions about meliority

What does meliority mean?
Meliority means the state or quality of being better; melioration.
What part of speech is meliority?
Meliority is a noun.

Words near meliority in the dictionary

  1. meliorisms
  2. meliorist
  3. melioristic
  4. melioristically
  5. meliorists
  6. meliority
  7. meliorize
  8. meliorized
  9. meliorizes
  10. meliorizing
  11. meliphaga

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