swellnessn.
/ˈswɛlnɪs/ rare.† 1. Protuberance. Obsolete.
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the world > space > shape > unevenness > projection or prominence > protuberance or rounded projection > [noun]
bunching1398
struttingc1440
tuberosity?1541
swellnessa1582
bunchiness1594
extuberance1607
protuberance1653
protuberancy1654
tuberousness1681
swell1683
protruberance1746
bossiness1870
bulginess1883
pregnancy1950
a1582 W. Bourne Treat. Properties of Glasses iii, in J. O. Halliwell Rara Mathematica (1839) 38 You shall see youre owne face..to bee in swellenes accordinge to the forme of the hylling or bossing outwardes.
2. The condition of a ‘swell’ or person of distinction. colloquial.
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society > society and the community > social class > the common people > specific classes of common people > fashionable society > [noun] > style or quality of
fashion1604
mode1668
bon-ton1747
haut ton1801
swellism1840
West Endism1841
swellishness1863
toffishness1873
mundanity1892
swellness1894
1894 Huxley in Life (1900) II. xxii. 373 My swellness is an awful burden.
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