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The quality of being abstract. "The abstractness of the ideas." Locke.

The quality of being abstruse; difficulty of apprehension. Boyle.

The quality of being absurd or inconsistent with obvious truth, reason, or sound judgment. "The absurdity of the actual idea of an infinite number." Locke.

The quality of being abusive; rudeness of language, or violence to the person. Pick out mirth, like stones out of thy ground, Profaneness, filthiness, abusiveness. Herbert.

a mark to indicate the nature and place of the spoken accent; (b) a mark to indicate the quality of sound of the vowel marked; as, the French accents.

The quality of being accentual.

The quality of being acceptable; acceptableness. "Acceptability of repentance." Jer. Taylor.

The quality of being acceptable, or suitable to be favorably received; acceptability.

The quality of being accessible, or of admitting approach; receptibility. Langhorne.

A property or quality of a thing which is not essential to it, as whiteness in paper; an attribute.

The quality of being accidental; accidentalness. [R.] Coleridge.

The quality of being accidental; casualness.

The quality or condition of being accommodable. [R.] Todd.

The quality or state of being accountable; accountability.

The state or quality of being accurate; accuracy; exactness; nicety; precision.

The quality of being acescent; the process of acetous fermentation; a moderate degree of sourness. Johnson.

The quality of being acetous; sourness.

The state or quality of being achromatic; as, the achromatism of a lens; achromaticity. Nichol.

The quality of being sour; sourness; tartness; sharpness to the taste; as, the acidity of lemon juice.

Having an acid quality; sour; acidulous. "With anxious, acidulent face." Carlyle.