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vernility

vernility noun: fawning or obsequious behaviour; servility.

Noun

vernility (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete, rare) Fawning or obsequious behaviour; servility.
    • Still, though the people were thus unarmed, and therefore totally incapable of the least opposition, Argyle and Leslie spread their rebels, under the command of the adjutantgeneral Sir James Turner; whose vernility, added to-a certain species […]1838, Lachlan MacLean, An Historical and Genealogical Account of the Clan Maclean

Origin of vernility

From vernile + -ity, from Latin vernilitas.

Questions about vernility

What does vernility mean?
Vernility means fawning or obsequious behaviour; servility.
What part of speech is vernility?
Vernility is a noun.

Words near vernility in the dictionary

  1. vernier
  2. vernier caliper
  3. vernier calipers
  4. verniers
  5. vernile
  6. vernility
  7. vernine
  8. Vernio
  9. vernish
  10. vernished
  11. vernishes

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