Suffix -ity Used to form a noun from an adjective; especially, to form the noun referring to the state, property, or quality of conforming to the adjective's description. Used to form other nouns, especially abstract nouns. Many nouns formed with -ity are uncountable; those that are countable form their plurals in -ities.
King Duncan is a fictional character in Shakespeare's Macbeth. He is the father of two youthful sons (Malcolm and Donalbain), and the victim of a well-plotted regicide in a power grab by his trusted captain Macbeth.
Michael Clarke Duncan, center, as a death row inmate in âThe Green Mile,â with David Morse, left, and Tom Hanks. Mr. Duncan was born poor on the South Side of Chicago on Dec. 10, 1957. His father left when he was 5, and his mother and older sister raised him. He attended Kankakee Community College in Illinois and Alcorn State University in Mississippi, where he played football and basketball.