hiddennessn.
/ˈhɪd(ə)nnəs/, U.S. /ˈhɪdə(n)nəs/ The condition or state of being hidden; secrecy.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > [noun]
dighelnessc1000
dernship?c1225
derna1250
concealmenta1325
hidnessc1330
hiddennessc1380
privy1384
secrenessc1386
secre1390
stillnessa1400
secretnessa1475
hodelnessec1475
scuggery?a1500
hugger-mugger1529
closeness1562
secrecy1563
privatenessa1586
covertness1592
hugger-mug1654
privacy1702
conspiracy of silence1865
hush-hush1973
c1380 J. Wyclif Against Begging Friers xliii, in Sel. Wks. III. 397 He spake opunly to þo world, and in hyddenesse noþing.
1631 W. Gouge Gods Three Arrowes iv. v. 380 The Philistines use it..for the hiddennesse or secrecy of a cause.
1752 W. Law Spirit of Love (1816) ii. 27 Had not the Christ of God laid in a state of hiddeness in every son of man.
1885 W. Pater Marius the Epicurean I. 95 The hiddenness of perfect things.
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