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consequentialness rare.|kɒnsɪˈkwɛnʃəlnɛs|
[f. as prec. + -ness.]
†1. The state or quality of being consequential (in senses 1–4). Obs.
1681R. Burthogge An Argument (1684) 18 Which Duty and Incumbence, and the Consequentialness of it from the Covenant is, etc. 1730–6Bailey (folio), Consequentialness, the following by way of consequence, or the being of consequence. 1755Johnson, Consequentialness, regular consecution of discourse. [Similarly in later Dicts.]
2. Important or self-important quality or personality; = consequentiality 2.
1828Southey Ep. to A. Cunningham, Let Her pamper'd lap-dog..snap and growl, With petulant consequentialness elate. 1883B. Gould J. Herring I. 183 What does your consequentialness desire? |