ideality

English

Part or all of this entry 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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “ideality”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Medieval Latin idealitas (“ideality”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Late Latin idealis (“ideal”); see ideal and -ity.

Noun

ideality (countable and uncountable, plural 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

• Czech: ideálnost f
• Dutch: idealiteit (nl)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• French: idéalité (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, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “ideality”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• aedility, ædility