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airiness
English
Etymology
airy +? -ness
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?e?(?)??i.n?s/
Noun
airiness (usually uncountable, plural airinesses)
- The quality of being airy.
- The quality of being light in quality or manner.
- insubstantiality
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promptitude
English
Etymology
From Middle French, from Late Latin promptitudo, from Latin promptus.
Noun
promptitude (usually uncountable, plural promptitudes)
- The quality of being prompt; alacrity.
- 1924, Herman Melville, Billy Budd, London: Constable & Co., Chapter 18, [1]
- Small wonder then that the Indomitable's Captain, though in general a man of rapid decision, felt that circumspectness not less than promptitude was necessary.
- 1924, Herman Melville, Billy Budd, London: Constable & Co., Chapter 18, [1]
Synonyms
- (quality of being prompt): promptness
Translations
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin promptit?do.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /p???p.ti.tyd/
- Rhymes: -yd
Noun
promptitude f (uncountable)
- promptitude
Further reading
- “promptitude” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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