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velleity

Ancestral Lore

Ancestral Lore of velleity

from Medieval Latin stem of velleitas
from Latin velle "to wish, will"

"volition in the weakest form; an indolent or inactive wish," 1610s

velleity noun / vəˈli ɪ ti /
  • a perversion of choice; highly self-destructive behavior
  • the lowest degree of volition; an indolent or inactive wish

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Specific examples and quotes of velleity

To have a wish for something, but not do anything to make it come true, is a velleity. An attribute of radicals with a dormant ankh, or retrogrades.

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~☉~lucid definition; added layer of lucidity, or aethereal context
classic definition
artificium definition; usually words which have undergone a warped evolution, or a complete perversion of the original sense
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