Suffix -ity

These ROOT-WORDS are the Suffixes TY & ITY which mean STATE OF &QUALITY. These ROOT-WORDS make nouns from adjectives, as pure - purITY. Sometimes only TY is used, as in liberTY, HumpTY DumpTY, and others. Both forms mean the same thing - STATE & QUALITY. 


1. Celerity : celer ITY (se ler’ it ee) n. : The quality of quickness; speed 
2. Absurdity : absurd ITY (ab surd’ it ee) n. : The state of being ridiculous 
3. Acerbity : acerb ITY (a ser’ bit ee) n. : The quality of bitterness 
4. Acuity : acu ITY (a kyue’ it ee) n. : The quality of sharpness, as a needle 
5. Debility : debil ITY (de bil’ it ee) n. :A state of weakness 
6. Ambiguity : ambigu ITY (am bi gyue’ it ee) n. :The quality of uncertainty in meaning 
7. Authority : author ITY (au thor’ it ee) n. :The state of having power to act 
8. Amenity : amen ITY (a men’ it ee) n. :The quality of pleasantness 
9. Captivity : captiv ITY (cap tiv’ it ee) n. :State of being held captive 
10. Ability : abil ITY (a bil’ it ee) n. :The quality of being able to do things 
11. Charity : char ITY (char’ it ee) n. : Kindness to the poor 
12. Chastity : chast ITY (chas’ tit ee) n. :The state of sexual purity 
13. Clarity : clar ITY (clar’ it ee) n. :Quality of clearness 
14. Complexity : complex ITY (kom plek’ sit ee) n. :The quality of being complicated 
15. Adversity : advers ITY (ad ver’ sit ee) n. :The state of bad fortune, suffering 
16. Dignity : dign ITY (dig’ nit ee) n. :The state of being worthy; self respect 
17. Eternity : etern ITY (e ter’ nit ee) n. : State of timelessness; time without end 
18. Fraternity : fratern ITY (fra ter’ nit ee) n. :The quality of being brothers 
19. Garrulity : garrul ITY (ga ru’ lit ee) n. : The quality of talkativeness 
20. Luminosity : luminos ITY (lu mi nos’ it ee) n. :The state of having a great deal of light; brilliance