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noun (velleit, ies)
  1. The lowest degree of desire or volition, with no effort to act.
  • 1973: This connoisseuse of "splendid weaknesses", run not by any lust or even but by vacuum: by the absence of human hope. " Thomas Pynchon, Gravity"s Rainbow
    1. A slight wish not followed by any effort to obtain.
  • 1919: The debate in the House of Lords would convert the impartial listener from any towards single-chamber government. " The Times, 24 Oct 1919, p.12 col. A
  • Etymology: From mediíval Latin velleitas, from Latin velle "wish", "will".

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