-ICITY

Meaning of -ICITY in English

suffix forming abstract nouns esp. from adjectives in -ic (authenticity; publicity). [-IC + -ITY]

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-ICITY — ■ suffix forming abstract nouns especially from adjectives ending in -ic (such as authenticity from authentic ).
Concise Oxford English vocab
-ICITY — ( -icities) -icity replaces ‘-ic’ at the end of adjectives to form nouns referring to the state, quality, or behaviour …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
-ICITY — (-icities) ~ replaces ‘-ic’ at the end of adjectives to form nouns referring to the state, quality, or behaviour described …
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MITOGEN — noun Etymology: mitosis + -gen Date: 1946 a substance that induces mitosis, ~ic adjective ~icity noun
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MICROSEISM — noun see: seismic Date: 1887 a feeble rhythmically and persistently recurring earth tremor, ~ic adjective ~icity noun
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CARCINOGEN — noun Date: 1853 a substance or agent causing cancer, ~ic adjective ~icity noun
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ANTIGEN — noun Etymology: German, from French antigène, from anticorps antibody + -gène -gen Date: 1908 any substance (as an immunogen or …
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ALLERGEN — noun Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary allergy + -gen Date: 1910 a substance (as pollen) that induces allergy, ~ic adjective ~icity …
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NULLIBICITY — ˌnələˈbisəd.ē noun also nul·li·bi·e·ty -bīəd.ē ( -es ) Etymology: Latin nullibi nowhere (from nullus null + ibi here, there) + …
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FACTICITY — fakˈtisəd.ē noun ( -es ) Etymology: French or German; French facticité, from German faktizität, from faktum fact (from Latin factum …
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ELECTRET — -rə̇t noun ( -s ) Etymology: electr icity + magn et 1. : a dielectric body in which a permanent …
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EGYPTICITY — (ˌ)ēˌjipˈtisəd.ē, ˌējə̇p-, ə̇ˌjip- noun ( -es ) Usage: usually capitalized Etymology: Egypt + English -icity (as in eccentricity ) : …
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ARHYTHMICITY — |ā+ˌ ̷ ̷ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ noun ( -es ) Etymology: a- (II) + rhythm + -icity ecology : a condition characterized by the absence …
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ANDROGENICITY — | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷jəˈnisəd.ē noun ( -es ) Etymology: androgen + -icity : the property of producing physiological reactions similar to those produced …
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FACTICITY — /fak tis"i tee/ , n. the condition or quality of being a fact; factuality. [ 1940-45; FACT + -icity (-IC …
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ELECTRET — /i lek"trit/ , n. Elect. a dielectric that possesses a permanent or semipermanent electric polarity, analogous to a permanent magnet. …
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ELECTRET — noun Etymology: electr icity + magn et Date: 1885 : a dielectric body in which a permanent state of electric …
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TERATOGEN — [ tɛ'ratədʒ(ə)n , 'tɛrətədʒ(ə)n ] ■ noun an agent or factor causing malformation of an embryo. Derivatives ~esis noun ~ic …
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SPHEROID — [ 'sfɪərɔɪd ] ■ noun a sphere-like but not perfectly spherical body. Derivatives ~al adjective ~icity noun
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PATHOGEN — [ 'paθədʒ(ə)n ] ■ noun Medicine a bacterium, virus, or other microorganism that can cause disease. Derivatives ~ic adjective ~icity …
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ALLERGEN — [ 'alədʒ(ə)n ] ■ noun a substance that causes an allergic reaction. Derivatives ~ic adjective ~icity noun
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VORT MAX — - (Slang; short for vort icity max imum), a center, or maximum, in the vorticity field of a fluid.
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