AGILITY

agility, legerity, lightness, lightsomeness, nimbleness

(noun) the gracefulness of a person or animal that is quick and nimble

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

agility (countable and uncountable, plural agilities)

(uncountable) The quality of being agile; the power of moving the limbs quickly and easily; quickness of motion

Synonym: nimbleness

(countable) A faculty of being agile in body, mind, or figuratively.

Source: Wiktionary


A*gil"i*ty, n. Etym: [F. agilié, L. agilitas, fr. agilis.]

1. The quality of being agile; the power of moving the limbs quickly and easily; nimbleness; activity; quickness of motion; as, strength and agility of body. They . . . trust to the agility of their wit. Bacon. Wheeling with the agility of a hawk. Sir W. Scott.

2. Activity; powerful agency. [Obs.] The agility of the sun's fiery heat. Holland.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



RESET




Word of the Day

24 November 2024

CUNT

(noun) a person (usually but not necessarily a woman) who is thoroughly disliked; “she said her son thought Hillary was a bitch”


coffee icon

Coffee Trivia

An article published in Harvard Men’s Health Watch in 2012 shows heavy coffee drinkers live longer. The researchers examined data from 400,000 people and found out that men who drank six or more coffee cups per day had a 10% lower death rate.

coffee icon