velleity Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a mere wish, unaccompanied by effort to obtain
  2. noun volition in its weakest form

WordNet

Vel*le"i*ty noun
Etymology
F. velléité (cf. It. velleità), fr. L. velle to will, to be willing.
Definitions
  1. The lowest degree of desire; imperfect or incomplete volition. Locke.

Webster 1913