velleities

Meaning of velleities

plural noun
  1. a wish or inclination not strong enough to lead to action.
    the notion intrigued me, but remained a velleity

early 17th century: from medieval Latin velleitas, from Latin velle ‘to wish’.

Information about velleities

  • It is a name.
  • The singular form of velleities is: velleity.
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Hyphenation of velleities

velleities

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 10 chars.
  • velleities is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

Words that rhyme with velleities

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