Definition: The lowest degree of volition or desire.
[@more@]Usage: This word allows your vocabulary a wider gradation of volition: velleity, volition, desire, passion (for). It is used far too little.
Suggested Usage: Now you have a word to express the lower end of your desires: "I haven't the least velleity for trying chitterlings, knowing what they are." "I do have some velleity to continue this conversation elsewhere," lets the hearer know the idea does not excite you.
Etymology: Latin velleitas from Latin velle "to wish." From the Proto-Indo-European root *wel-/*wol- which devolved into English "well (as one wishes)" and "will." The O-form also appears in Latin: "voluntary," "benevolent," "malevolent," Russian volya "will," and Serbian volim "I love." For more on PIE, see "How is a Hippopotamus like a Feather" in the yourDictionary library.
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