nobility
/nəʊˈbɪləti/noh-BIH-luh-tee
/noʊˈbɪləti/noh-BIH-luh-tee
Meaningbeing well-known
Common meaning: the noble class
Other meanings: noble quality
- nobilwell known; high-bornLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1211 · scan
- itynoun ending: being so, the quality of
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Latin nōbilis ‘well known; high-born’.
Roots
- nōbilis, -e Latin “well known; high-born”
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