-acity
(Latin: suffix; quality of)
A suffix that forms nouns of quality or state. There are hundreds of other -acity suffixes; however, the following will present significant examples.
1. The willingness to take bold risks: "The audacity of the fireman saved the life of the little boy when the apartment building was on fire."
2. Boldness which may be combined with disregard for the consequences; rashness, recklessness: "Skydiving takes both audacity and skill."
3. Open disregard of the restraints of decorum or morality; impudence: "The woman had the audacity to walk out during the sermon in church."
4. Aggressive boldness or unmitigated effrontery: "She had the audacity to challenge her father's decision."
2. Boldness which may be combined with disregard for the consequences; rashness, recklessness: "Skydiving takes both audacity and skill."
3. Open disregard of the restraints of decorum or morality; impudence: "The woman had the audacity to walk out during the sermon in church."
4. Aggressive boldness or unmitigated effrontery: "She had the audacity to challenge her father's decision."
bellacity
bibacity
1. The practice or habit of drinking too much; tippling.
2. An addiction to drink.
2. An addiction to drink.
capacity (kuh PAS uh tee)
1. Amount of room or space inside; largest amount that can be held by a container: "A gallon can has a capacity of 4 quarts."
2. Ability to receive, hold, or absorb; the maximum amount that can be contained or produced: "This theater has a seating capacity of 500."
3. The ability to learn or to do; power or fitness: "They have a great capacity for learning."
4. The ability to withstand some force or perform some function: "The capacity of a metal to retain heat."
5. Maximum output: "During the war, steel factories worked at full capacity."
6. A position or relation; legal power or qualification: "A person may act in the capacity of guardian, trustee, voter, friend, etc."
2. Ability to receive, hold, or absorb; the maximum amount that can be contained or produced: "This theater has a seating capacity of 500."
3. The ability to learn or to do; power or fitness: "They have a great capacity for learning."
4. The ability to withstand some force or perform some function: "The capacity of a metal to retain heat."
5. Maximum output: "During the war, steel factories worked at full capacity."
6. A position or relation; legal power or qualification: "A person may act in the capacity of guardian, trustee, voter, friend, etc."
carnivoracity
Having a greediness of appetite for flesh (meat).
contumacity
detritivory
efficacity
fallaciousness (s) (noun)
Embodying or involving deception and so being misleading or delusive: "The fallaciousness of the prediction had a negative result for many people."
furacity, furacious, furaciousness
1. Given to thieving, thievish; theft.
2. Inclination or tendency to steal.
2. Inclination or tendency to steal.
These words have nothing to do with the other words in this unit of "rage" words!
3. Etymology: from Latin furax-, "thievish, thief", from furer, "to steal".Considered to be an "out-dated" term which is "rarely used".
grandiloquacity
Characterized by producing lofty or bombastic speech.
Lack of boldness or resolution, timidity: "The inaudacity of the father who ran out of the burning building before taking his little son out with him could have resulted in his death; however, the audaciousness of the woman in the apartment across the hall saved the boy's life because the she heard the boy crying and took him out to safety."
incapacity
inefficacity
insagacity
