■ suffix forming nouns from adjectives ending in -ose (such as verbosity from verbose ) and from adjectives ending in -ous (such as pomposity from pompous ).
Origin
from Fr. -osité or L. -ositas .
■ suffix forming nouns from adjectives ending in -ose (such as verbosity from verbose ) and from adjectives ending in -ous (such as pomposity from pompous ).
Origin
from Fr. -osité or L. -ositas .
Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004