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DictionaryRoot: -itas
Latin

-itas

a quality or state

Forms

  • -itas
  • -itat- — Latin stem used outside the basic noun form.
  • -ity — English form developed through French.

Origin

Latin -tas, a suffix for abstract nouns, with a preceding i; the suffix continues an older Indo-European abstract-noun formation.

Note

Turns a description into something that can be discussed as a quality in its own right.

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An adult arranges scattered pictorial ideas into a clean coherent sequence, showing clarity of thought and expression; no diagnostic claim or readable text.
noun

lucidity

loo-SID-uh-tee/luːˈsɪdəti/

Clarity of conscious understanding.

Etymology
lucidLatinbright, clear
+ityLatina quality or state

The pieces express the quality of being bright or clear. Lucidity first meant brightness in English, then came to describe clear thinking and transparent expression.

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