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-ness
-nesssuff. State; quality; condition; degree: brightness.
[Middle English -nes, from Old English.]-ness suffix forming nouns indicating state, condition, or quality, or an instance of one of these: greatness; selfishness; meaninglessness; a kindness. [Old English -nes, of Germanic origin; related to Gothic -nassus]ness (nɛs)
n. a headland; promontory; cape. [before 900; Middle English -nes(se) (in place names), in part continuing Old English næs, in part < Old Norse nes] -ness a suffix attached to adjectives and participles, forming abstract nouns denoting quality and state (and often, by extension, something exemplifying a quality or state): darkness; goodness; obligingness; preparedness. [Middle English, Old English -nes, -nis, c. Old High German -nessi, Gothic -nassus; suffix orig. *-assus; -n- by false division of words with adj. and past participle stems ending in -n-; compare Old English efnes (later efen-nys) evenness] Ness (nɛs)
n. Loch, a lake in SW Scotland, near Inverness. 23 mi. (37 km) long. EncyclopediaSeeNess-ness
-ness A suffix meaning a quality or state of being (e.g., illness). [M.E., fr. O.E.] |