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martiality

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • 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.

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History

Etymology

Etymology tree English martial Proto-Indo-European *-teh2 Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh2ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English martiality From martial + -ity.