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ˈEnglishness
[f. as prec. + -ness.]
The quality or state of being English, or of displaying English characteristics.
1804W. Taylor in Robberds Mem. I. 512 The Englishness of several fairy-tales supposed to be French. 1838New Monthly Mag. LIII. 118 The Englishness of everything about man, woman, and child born in the island. 1884Athenæum 19 Jan. 93/3 The attraction of the face of the Hon. G. Seymour Conway..lies in its Englishness. |