Ideality

English

Part or all of this page has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.

Etymology

< Medieval Latin *idealitas (“‘ideality’”) < Late Latin idealis (“‘ideal’”); see ideal and -ity.

Noun

Singular Ideality

Plural idealities

Ideality (idealities)

1. (uncountable) The quality or state of being ideal.
2. (uncountable) The capacity to form deals of beauty or perfection.
3. The conceptive faculty.

Related terms

• idea
• ideal

Translations

quality or state of being ideal

Dutch: idealiteit nl(nl)

French: idéalité fr(fr) f.

Trivia

Aside from the proper noun Oceania, this is the shortest five-syllable word in the English language.

References

• Ideality in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• Ideality in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

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