Meanings
nounanility (countable and uncountable, plural anilities)
plural anilities
- countableAn anile utterance; an old wives' tale.
We are then told of the basilisk killing by staring, and of a mous running round a snake till it rushes into the jaws of death. After copying many such anilities, the author adds only, "but our readers will excuse our enlarging."
1819, The Edinburgh Monthly Review, volume 1, page 707
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe condition of being anile.
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Origin
- Latinanīlitās
- Englishanility
From Latin anīlitās.
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