ˈfiksəd.ē, -sətē, -i noun
( -es )
Etymology: Medieval Latin fixitas, from Latin fixus (past participle of figere to fasten, pierce) + -itas -ity — more at dike
1. : the quality or state of being fixed or stable
the idea of the fixity of species — M.F.A.Montagu
all grammars have the same degree of fixity — Edward Sapir
2. : something that is fixed
the so-called fixities such as atoms or God — Frank Thilly
now inventing rules, the unfixing of fixities — H.A.Overstreet