personalty

[ pur-suh-nl-tee ]

noun

, Law.

, plural per·son·al·ties.

1. personal estate or property.

personalty

/ ˈpɜːsənəltɪ /

noun

1. law another word for personal property

Word History and Origins

Origin of personalty¹

1600–10; < Anglo-French personalte < Late Latin persōnālitās personality

Word History and Origins

Origin of personalty¹

C16: from Anglo-French, from Late Latin persōnālitās personality

Example Sentences

After attending Yale, Cornell and Le Cordon Bleu throughout the 1980s, Tsai became recognized for his restaurant Blue Ginger, as well as becoming a burgeoning television personalty in the nascent days of Food Network.

From Salon

The granola personalty seems embedded within its crumbly, roof-of-the-mouth-splitting DNA — wherever you want to begin its story.

From Salon

Most characters in superhero films are conceived around single-tic personalties connected to their superpower and/or activity, with a sledgehammer-sized neurosis in the background to try and give them some relationship to plausibility.

From The Guardian

“The reason oil is fascinating is that it’s very complex, and they all have different personalties,” he said.

From Washington Post

Mr. Xi and Mr. Modi are the most dominating leaders their nations have produced in decades, and both have outsize personalties.

From New York Times