vocality
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From vocal + -ity. Compare Latin vocalitas (“euphony”).
Noun
[edit]vocality (countable and uncountable, plural vocalities)
- The quality or degree of being vocal.
- 1895, Captain Frederick Marryat, Frank Mildmay[1]:
- 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 […]
- 1919, O. Henry, The Gentle Grafter[2]:
- 'On what special subject of the theorems and topics does your desire for vocality seem to be connected with?'
- The quality of being a vowel; vocalic character.