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HOME | Definition of velleity (VELLEITY, Velleity)

    Velleity \Vel*le"i*ty\, n. [F. vell['e]it['e] (cf. It.
    velleit[`a]), fr. L. velle to will, to be willing.]
    The lowest degree of desire; imperfect or incomplete
    volition. --Locke.
    [1913 Webster]

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48


    velleity
    n 1: a mere wish, unaccompanied by effort to obtain
    2: volition in its weakest form

    WordNet (r) 2.0


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