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martiality

noun

Etymology

From martial + -ity.

  1. derived from mārtiālis — “of or pertaining to Mars, the Roman god of war”
  2. derived from martial
  3. inherited from martial
  4. formed as martiality — “martial + -ity”

Definitions

  1. suitability for war, likelihood of success in war, tendency to wage war

    • The Romans' martiality was much greater than that of its contemporaries.
    • 2007 — Vincent Quinn Textual Practice 113: Luxurious Sexualities Hume argued that the new modes of behaviour which developed in a commercial society actually improved the nation's martiality.
    • Antony and Cleopatra heralds the decline of Roman honour and the shift from martiality to eros,

The neighborhood

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