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aboriginalness

aboriginalness noun: the state or condition of being aboriginal.

Noun

aboriginalness (uncountable)

  1. The state or condition of being aboriginal.
    • […] those insulated, immemorial, unalterable countries, which even in these modern days still preserve much of the ghostly aboriginalness of earth's primal generations […]1851, Herman Melville, Moby-Dick

Origin of aboriginalness

From aboriginal + -ness.

Questions about aboriginalness

What does aboriginalness mean?
Aboriginalness means the state or condition of being aboriginal.
What part of speech is aboriginalness?
Aboriginalness is a noun.

Words near aboriginalness in the dictionary

  1. Aboriginalist
  2. Aboriginalists
  3. aboriginalities
  4. aboriginality
  5. aboriginally
  6. aboriginalness
  7. aboriginals
  8. aboriginary
  9. aborigine
  10. aborigines
  11. aboriginie

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