Diccionario ingles.comDiccionario ingles.com
Synonyms, antonyms, pronunciation

  Home
English Dictionary      examples: 'day', 'get rid of', 'New York Bay'




Velleity   Listen
noun
Velleity  n.  The lowest degree of desire; imperfect or incomplete volition.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








Advanced search
     Find words:
Starting with
Ending with
Containing
Matching a pattern  

Synonyms
Antonyms
Quotes
Words linked to  

only single words



Share |





"Velleity" Quotes from Famous Books



... Dharma Dhwaj burst out laughing at the ridiculous idea of the wrong heads. And the warrior king, who, like single-minded fathers in general, was ever in the idea that his son had a velleity for deriding and otherwise vexing him, began a severe course of reproof. He reminded the prince of the common saying that merriment without cause degrades a man in the opinion of his fellows, and ...
— Vikram and the Vampire • Sir Richard F. Burton



Words linked to "Velleity" :   want, volition, will, wish, wishing



Copyright © 2024 Diccionario ingles.com