The quality or state of being clear in expression or understanding; clarity.
From Latin clarus (clear) + -itude (suffix forming abstract nouns). The term emerged in English philosophical discourse as a parallel formation to latitude and altitude, though it remains rare compared to its synonym 'clarity.'
This word is a linguistic curiosity—it was constructed using the same suffix pattern (-itude) that gave us 'gratitude' and 'altitude,' but 'clarity' won the popularity contest instead. Language is full of these 'road not taken' words that might have flourished but didn't.
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