mutability en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- [ˌmjuɾəˈbɪləɾi] (General-American)
- /ˌmjutəˈbɪlɪti/ (General-American)
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- /ˌmjuːtəˈbɪlɪti/ (Received-Pronunciation)
Etymology
From Middle English mutabilite, from Old French mutabilite, from Latin mutabilitas; equivalent to mutable + -ity.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) The quality or state of being mutable.
He did indeed account somewhat unfairly for this sudden change; for besides some hard and unjust surmises concerning female fickleness and mutability, he began to suspect that he owed this want of civility to his want of horses […]
1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC:There rise authors now and then, who seem proof against the mutability of language, because they have rooted themselves in the unchanging principles of human nature.
1819 November 10, Geoffrey Crayon [pseudonym; Washington Irving], “The Mutability of Literature”, in The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent., number IV, New York, N.Y.: […] C[ornelius] S. Van Winkle, […], →OCLC, page 23:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| mutabilities | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
hypermutability · paramutability
Translations (12)
bg променливост (quality or state of being mutable) · gv yn-arreeaght (quality or state of being mutable) · de Veränderlichkeit (quality or state of being mutable) · bg изменчивост (quality or state of being mutable) · es mutabilidad (quality or state of being mutable) · it mutevolezza (quality or state of being mutable) · de Veränderbarkeit (quality or state of being mutable) · de Mutabilität (quality or state of being mutable) · gl mutabilidade (quality or state of being mutable) · enm mutabilite (quality or state of being mutable) · enm unstedefastnesse (quality or state of being mutable) · fi muuttuvuus (quality or state of being mutable)