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Velleity

Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2011 11:26 am
by LukeJavan8
Velleity
Curious to me: low in passion, I guess. I looked it up,
and found the Latin, but just wondering about its
development.

Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2011 8:09 pm
by Slava
Great word, Luke. Wherever did you find it?

I admit I'm having troubles figuring out how to use it. Would this work:

A group is trying to decide what to do. Someone says, "Hey, Slava, you suggested X." The response, "Well, that was really just a velleity."

Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2011 11:43 pm
by Perry Lassiter
What are the nuances? Similar to apathy or soporifific? Passion brings to mind sex unless the context indicates something else, like "his passion was Chopin." Dictionary give sentences for usage?

Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2011 11:44 pm
by Perry Lassiter
What are the nuances? Similar to apathy or soporifific? Passion brings to mind sex unless the context indicates something else, like "his passion was Chopin." Dictionary give sentences for usage?

Posted: Fri Oct 28, 2011 12:45 pm
by LukeJavan8
Great word, Luke. Wherever did you find it?

I admit I'm having troubles figuring out how to use it. Would this work:

A group is trying to decide what to do. Someone says, "Hey, Slava, you suggested X." The response, "Well, that was really just a velleity."

I am not quite sure how to use it either, and probably
would not very often. I was reading a newsmagazine
story and the sentence was: "I do have some
velleity to continue this conversation elsewhere". It is
probably from the Latin "velle" to "wish", but I have
not had the velleity to look it up (yuk). Just a word
for discussion since we seem to have a good group
of people on this site discussing lots of good stuff.

Re: Velleity

Posted: Sat Sep 08, 2012 1:11 pm
by Perry Lassiter
Found in Merriam-Webster's Online Dictionary that they have a comments section. In that section there are several excellent examples of this word's use.

Re: Velleity

Posted: Sat Sep 08, 2012 7:59 pm
by LukeJavan8
Yes, I've seen that. Still curious word to me.