"-osity" meaning in All languages combined

See -osity on Wiktionary

Suffix [English]

IPA: /ˈɒ.sɪ.ti/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈɑ.sə.ti/ [General-American], /-ɾi/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl--osity.wav , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl--osity.wav
Etymology: From Middle English -ouste, from Old French -ouseté, from Latin -ōsitās; later modified to the current form. It is equivalent to -ose or -ous + -ity. Etymology templates: {{der|en|enm|-ouste}} Middle English -ouste, {{der|en|fro|-ouseté}} Old French -ouseté, {{der|en|la|-ōsitās}} Latin -ōsitās Head templates: {{head|en|suffix|cat2=|cat3=|cat4=|head=|id=}} -osity, {{en-suffix}} -osity
  1. Forming nouns, usually abstract, and usually from adjectives in -ous or -ose. Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--osity-en-suffix-C8L0~4dN Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English links with manual fragments, Pages using catfix, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 63 37 Disambiguation of English links with manual fragments: 67 33 Disambiguation of Pages using catfix: 70 30 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 65 35 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 74 26 Derived forms (other derivations): animosity Derived forms (terms derived from adjectives in -ose): bellicosity, grandiosity, jocosity, verbosity Derived forms (terms derived from adjectives in -ous): callosity, credulosity, curiosity, generosity, impetuosity, incredulosity [nonstandard], luminosity, monstrosity, pomposity, porosity, preciosity, religiosity, scrupulosity, sinuosity, venomosity, virtuosity, viscosity Disambiguation of 'other derivations': 73 27 Disambiguation of 'terms derived from adjectives in -ose': 64 36 Disambiguation of 'terms derived from adjectives in -ous': 63 37
  2. (colloquial) Forming nouns from other adjectives for humorous effect. Tags: colloquial, morpheme Derived forms (terms derived using -osity for humorous effect): bogosity, randomosity
    Sense id: en--osity-en-suffix-M0C67XHd Disambiguation of 'terms derived using -osity for humorous effect': 15 85
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: -ness, -hood, -ship, -th, -itas → -ity, -itude, -ia, -itia, -ability, -ibility, -icity
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          "sense": "terms derived from adjectives in -ous",
          "word": "venomosity"
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          "_dis1": "63 37",
          "sense": "terms derived from adjectives in -ous",
          "word": "virtuosity"
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          "word": "viscosity"
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          "_dis1": "64 36",
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          "word": "verbosity"
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