Why isn't pervasity a word?

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as in the pervasity of police and political corruption in Mexico?

[Richard Yates]

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as in the pervasity of police and political corruption in Mexico?

"Pervasiveness" got there first.

There are pairs of words with "city" and "ness" that do coexist. Is
there a pattern?

mendacity/mandaciousness, but not veracity/veraciousness.
perspicacity/perspicaciousness.
capacity/capaciousness are not really synonyms.
felicity/felicitousness.
vivacity/vivaciousness.
ferocity/ferociousness.

[Jerry Friedman]

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as in the pervasity of police and political corruption in Mexico?

"Pervasiveness" got there first.
There are pairs of words with "city" and "ness" that do coexist. Is
there a pattern?
mendacity/mandaciousness, but not veracity/veraciousness.
perspicacity/perspicaciousness.
capacity/capaciousness are not really synonyms.
felicity/felicitousness.
vivacity/vivaciousness.
ferocity/ferociousness.

So far, though, I'm not coming up with an adjective in "-ive" that has a
corresponding noun in "-ity". Their elusity and illusity should be
regarded with impassity and objectity (with respectity) by anyone who
has ality.

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as in the pervasity of police and political corruption in Mexico?

"Pervasiveness" got there first.
There are pairs of words with "city" and "ness" that do coexist. Is
there a pattern?
mendacity/mandaciousness, but not veracity/veraciousness.
perspicacity/perspicaciousness.
capacity/capaciousness are not really synonyms.
felicity/felicitousness.
vivacity/vivaciousness.
ferocity/ferociousness.

So far, though, I'm not coming up with an adjective in "-ive" that has a
corresponding noun in "-ity". Their elusity and illusity should be
regarded with impassity and objectity (with respectity) by anyone who
has ality.
--
Jerry Friedman
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LOL

[JoeDee]

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as in the pervasity of police and political corruption in Mexico?

What word is "pervase"? The base is pervasIVE, not perVASE.

[charles]

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as in the pervasity of police and political corruption in Mexico?

What word is "pervase"? The base is pervasIVE, not perVASE.

I'd conside "Pervade" as the root. "Per = "through", "vade" "go"

[David Kleinecke]

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as in the pervasity of police and political corruption in Mexico?

What word is "pervase"? The base is pervasIVE, not perVASE.

I'd conside "Pervade" as the root. "Per = "through", "vade" "go"

It includes the standard d>s (as in "explode > "explosion").

[Peter Moylan]

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as in the pervasity of police and political corruption in Mexico?

What word is "pervase"? The base is pervasIVE, not perVASE.

I thought it was a spelling error for "perversity".