plural fixities
1
: the quality or state of being fixed or stable
2
: something that is fixed

Examples of fixity in a Sentence

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Her transfixing allure seems to draw every oddity and incident, but as the years pass, there’s also a fixity to her resolve. Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 7 Feb. 2025 And the other dogs seethe and shout, and the squirrel upside down on the tree trunk stares at us in hateful fixity, etc., etc. James Parker, The Atlantic, 13 June 2024

Word History

Etymology

borrowed from Medieval Latin fīxitāt-, fīxitās, from Latin fīxus "firmly established, unchangeable" + -itāt-, -itās -ity

First Known Use

1666, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of fixity was in 1666

Cite this Entry

“Fixity.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fixity. Accessed 16 Mar. 2025.

Kids Definition

plural fixities
1
: the quality or state of being fixed
2
: something that is fixed
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