• Faculty

    Pronunciation

    • IPA: /fækÊŠltiː/

    Origin

    From Middle English faculte ("power, property"), from Old French faculte, from Latin facultas, another form of facilitas ("easiness, facility, etc."), from facul, another form of facilis ("easy, facile"); see facile.

    Full definition of faculty

    Noun

    faculty

    (plural faculties)
    1. The scholarly staff at colleges or universities, as opposed to the students or support staff.
    2. A division of a university (e.g. a Faculty of Science or Faculty of Medicine).
    3. An ability, skill, or power, often plural.
      • 1974, Thomas S. Szasz, M.D., The Myth of Mental Illness Chapter 12I have used the notion of games so far as if it were familiar to most people. I think this is justified as everyone knows how to play some games. Accordingly, games serve admirably as models for the clarification of other, less well-understood, social-psychological phenomena. Yet the ability to follow rules, play games, and construct new games is a faculty not equally shared by all persons. ...
    4. He lived until he reached the age of 90 with most of his faculties intact.

    Synonyms

    Related terms

    © Wiktionary