Associations to the word «Velleity»
Noun
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Wiktionary
VELLEITY, noun. The lowest degree of desire or volition, with no effort to act.
VELLEITY, noun. A slight wish not followed by any effort to obtain.
Dictionary definition
VELLEITY, noun. A mere wish, unaccompanied by effort to obtain.
VELLEITY, noun. Volition in its weakest form.
Wise words
In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike
fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the
new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.