vernility

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English

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Etymology

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From vernile +‎ -ity, from Latin vernilitas.

Noun

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vernility (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete, rare) Fawning or obsequious behaviour; servility.
    • 1838, Lachlan MacLean, An Historical and Genealogical Account of the Clan Maclean:
      Still, though the people were thus unarmed, and therefore totally incapable of the least opposition, Argyle and Leslie spread their rebels, under the command of the adjutantgeneral Sir James Turner; whose vernility, added to-a certain species […]
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