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nolleity

nolleity noun: the state of being unwilling; nolition.

Noun

nolleity (uncountable)

  1. (archaic) The state of being unwilling; nolition.
    • For the latter, it is true indeed, that for the most part it falls out, that every one that is to be punished is unwilling to undergoe it, and there is an improper nolleity (if I may so speak) in nature, unto the subtracting of any good from it, or the immission of any evill upon it; […]1655, John Owen, Vindiciæ Evangelicæ […], page 484
    • He demeriteth ipso facto any Ecclesiastical dignity, that receiveth it not with some nolleity & reluctancie.1662, The Merit and Honour Of the Old English Clergy […], page [8]

Origin of nolleity

Borrowed from Medieval Latin nolleitās, from nolle (“to be unwilling”) + -ity. Formed on the model of velleity.

Questions about nolleity

What does nolleity mean?
Nolleity means the state of being unwilling; nolition.
What part of speech is nolleity?
Nolleity is a noun.

Words near nolleity in the dictionary

  1. nolle prosequis
  2. nolle-pross
  3. nolle-prossed
  4. nolle-prosses
  5. nolle-prossing
  6. nolleity
  7. nollepros
  8. nolleprossed
  9. nolleprosses
  10. nolleprossing
  11. Noller

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