vocality

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noun

The quality or degree of being vocal.

OriginEnglish vocal ← Middle English vocal ← Latin vōcālis →
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Meanings

nounvocality (countable and uncountable, plural vocalities)

plural vocalities

  1. countableuncountableThe quality or degree of being vocal.

    'On what special subject of the theorems and topics does your desire for vocality seem to be connected with?'

    1919, O. Henry, The Gentle Grafter
    1 more example

    The admiral, fearing she might not confine herself to vocality, but begin to beat time with her fists, thought it right to take up a position; he therefore very dexterously took two steps in the rear, and mounted on a sofa[…]

    1895, Captain Frederick Marryat, Frank Mildmay
  2. countableuncountableThe quality of being a vowel; vocalic character.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*wekʷ-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*wṓkʷs
  3. Proto-Italic*wōks
  4. Latinvōx
  5. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  7. Latinvōcālis
  8. Middle Englishvocal
  9. Englishvocal
  10. Englishvocality

From vocal + -ity. Compare Latin vocalitas (“euphony”).

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APA

vocality. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vocality

MLA

“vocality.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vocality. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “vocality,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vocality.

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