Word: 'velleity' • Extended Annotations
Word: 'velleity' • Extended Annotations
from Medieval Latin stem of velleitas
from Latin velle "to wish, will"
"volition in the weakest form; an indolent or inactive wish," 1610s
A pure, unadulterated word
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.
| ~☉~ | 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 |
