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adulterousness

Syllables: adul·ter·ous·ness/əˈdʌltəɹəsnəs/

adulterousness noun: a state of being adulterous.

Noun

adulterousness (uncountable)

  1. A state of being adulterous.
    • It is, however, apparent that Joyce made this adulterousness or pseudo-adulterousness a persistent and structurally significant element in his novel […]1988, Richard Brown, James Joyce and Sexuality, page 21
    • And once she had to sit one Sunday in the stocks in Nurmo church for the entire church service, on account of her terrible adulterousness, and the whole time she winked flirtatiously at the men.2006, Laura Stark, The Magical Self, page 401

Origin of adulterousness

From adulterous + -ness.

Questions about adulterousness

What does adulterousness mean?
Adulterousness means a state of being adulterous.
What part of speech is adulterousness?
Adulterousness is a noun.
How do you pronounce adulterousness?
Adulterousness is pronounced /əˈdʌltəɹəsnəs/.

Words near adulterousness in the dictionary

  1. adulterized
  2. adulterizes
  3. adulterizing
  4. adulterous
  5. adulterously
  6. adulterousness
  7. adulters
  8. adultery
  9. adultescence
  10. adultescent
  11. adultescents

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