-nesses

Suffix

-ness (noun-forming suffix, countable and uncountable, plural -nesses)

1. Appended in general, often informally, stylistically, or jocularly, for reification of an attribute.
   • You know you say things are "much of a muchness.." — did you ever see such a thing as a drawing of a muchness!1865 Lewis Carrol: Alice in Wonderland; CHAPTER VII: A Mad Tea-Party.
2. Appended to adjectives to form nouns meaning "the state of being (the adjective)", "the quality of being (the adjective)", or "the measure of being (the adjective)".
   • calm + -ness → calmness

   Synonyms:

   -ability, -dom, -hood, -ibility, -icity, -ism, -itude, -ity, -osity, -ship

3. Appended to words of other parts of speech to form nouns (often nonce words or terms in philosophy) meaning the state/quality/measure of the idea represented by these words.
   • that + -ness → thatness