Etymology
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immobility (n.)

early 15c., from Old French immobilité (14c.) and directly from Latin immobilitatem (nominative immobilitas) "immovableness," noun of quality from Latin immobilis "immovable" (see immobile).

Entries linking to immobility

immobile (adj.)
mid-14c., originally of property; by c. 1400 "steadfast, unmovable" (of faith, etc.), from Old French immoble "immovable, fixed, motionless" (13c., Modern French immeuble), from Latin immobilis "immovable" (also, figuratively, "hard-hearted"), from assimilated form of in- "not, opposite of" (see in- (1)) + mobilis (see mobile (adj.)). Related: Immobilism "policy of extreme conservatism" (1853).
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Definitions of immobility

immobility (n.)
remaining in place;
Synonyms: stationariness / fixedness
immobility (n.)
the quality of not moving;
From wordnet.princeton.edu

Dictionary entries near immobility

imminent

immiscible

immitigable

immobile

immobilise

immobility

immobilization

immobilize

immoderate

immoderation

immodest

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