Definitions for velleities

velleities vel·le·i·ty

Spelling: [vuh-lee-i-tee]
IPA: /vəˈli ɪ ti/

Velleities is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 205 anagrams from letters in velleities (eeeiillstv).

Definitions for velleities

noun

  1. volition in its weakest form.
  2. a mere wish, unaccompanied by an effort to obtain it.

Origin of velleities

1610-20; New Latin velleitās, equivalent to Latin velle to be willing + -itās -ity

Examples for velleities

And yet these velleities may be expressed in prayer, though they have not the full nature of a prayer.

And our being results not from velleities but from the real will.

Word Value for velleities
Scrable

13

Words with friends

16

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