fixity

noun

fix·​i·​ty ˈfik-sə-tē How to pronounce fixity (audio)
plural fixities
1
: the quality or state of being fixed or stable
2
: something that is fixed

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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

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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

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The first known use of fixity was in 1666

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fixity

noun
fix·​i·​ty ˈfik-sət-ē How to pronounce fixity (audio)
plural fixities
1
: the quality or state of being fixed
2
: something that is fixed
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