Velleity

[LukeJavan8]

Velleity
Curious to me: low in passion, I guess. I looked it up,
and found the Latin, but just wondering about its
development.

[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."

[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?

[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?

[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.

[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.

[LukeJavan8]

Yes, I've seen that. Still curious word to me.