-ity
(Latin: suffix used to form abstract nouns expressing act, state, quality, property, or condition corresponding to an adjective)
nivosity
Snowiness.
nosotoxicity
The quality of being nosotoxic.
nudity
1. The state of having no clothes on.
2. Bareness or plainness, with no covering or decoration.
numerbility
The quality of being numerable; countability.
numerosity
1. Rhythm; harmony; flow.
2. The state of being numerous; numerousness.
obesoclinity
A tendency to be obese.
oleosity
Oily quality or consistence; oiliness.
oncogenicity
Causing the formation of tumors.
opacity
1. The state of being opaque (not allowing the passage of light); unperceptive, dense.
2. On a radiograph, a more transparent area is interpreted as an opacity to x-rays in the body.
3. Mental dullness.
pandemicity
The quality of being pandemic.
parvanimity, parvanimous
1. Smallness of mind.
2. A small-minded person; small-minded.
parvity
Smallness. Now only in parvity of matter (after post-classical Latin parvitas materiae); triviality, especially regarding a sin or crime.
paternity
1. The state of being a father; fatherhood.
2. Male parentage; paternal origin.
3. Origin or authorship in general.
pathogenicity
1. Capacity of something to cause disease or the ability to produce pathologic changes.
2. The capacity of a micro-organism to produce disease.
peculiarity
1. A trait, manner, characteristic, or habit that is odd or unusual.
2. Oddity; singularity; eccentricity.
3. A distinguishing quality or characteristic.
4. The quality or condition of being peculiar.
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