thusnessn.
/ˈðʌsnɪs/ colloquial.
The condition of being thus. Chiefly humorous.
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the world > existence and causation > existence > intrinsicality or inherence > character or nature > [noun]
birtha1250
the manner ofc1300
formc1310
propertyc1390
naturea1393
condition1393
qualitya1398
temperc1400
taragec1407
naturality?a1425
profession?a1439
affecta1460
temperament1471
essence?1533
affection1534
spirit?1534
temperature1539
natural spirit1541
character1577
complexion1589
tincture1590
idiom1596
qualification1602
texture1611
connativea1618
thread1632
genius1639
complexure1648
quale1654
indoles1672
suchness1674
staminaa1676
trim1707
tenor1725
colouring1735
tint1760
type1843
aura1859
thusness1883
physis1923
1883 in W. Hamilton Parodies (1886) III. 159 Expound me this thusness I pray.
1888 F. Hume Madame Midas i. xv. 98 Why all this thusness?
1888 Daily News 27 Dec. 3/4 Why this ‘thusness’? as our Transatlantic humourists would say.
1891 Nature 12 Mar. 435/1 Force produces motion, but what determines it and gives it its thusness?
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2019).
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