mobility
noun
- ability to move
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /mə(ʊ)ˈbɪlɪti/ / /moʊˈbɪlɪti/ / [moʊˈbɪlɪɾi]
noun
Etymology: Blend of mob + nobility
- The mob; the common people or rabble.
“She singled you out with her eye as commander-in-chief of the mobility.”
“Thus, while Morris contemptuously characterized committees of correspondence, popular assemblies, and public debate as the actions of the "mobility" (the mob), John Adams announced that the destruction of a stamp office by a mob "was thought an honorable and glorious act" of the people.”