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aggressivity

noun

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Indo-European *gʰredʰ-der. Latin gradior Latin aggredior Latin aggressuslbor. English aggress Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English aggressive Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English aggressivity From aggressiv(e) + -ity.

  1. learned borrowing from aggressum
  2. suffixed as aggressive — “aggress + ive”
  3. suffixed as aggressivity — “aggressive + ity”

Definitions

  1. The quality of being aggressive.

    • […] to develop the primary elements of intentional personal activity and of objective aggressivity, giving a meaning to every muscular contraction.
    • In serial inoculations aggressivity increases until the danger arises that the series will cease from some cause not clearly understood. As the aggressivity increases, there is a decrease in the power of the exudate to block hæmolysis.

  2. The acidic ability of water (when it contains dissolved carbon dioxide) to dissolve…

    The acidic ability of water (when it contains dissolved carbon dioxide) to dissolve calcium carbonate from rocks.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA