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apertness

apertness noun: openness; frankness.

Noun

apertness (uncountable)

  1. (archaic) Openness; frankness.
    • And in general, the Freedom or Apertneſs and vigour of pronuncing (as is particularly obſerved in the Bocca Romana) and giving ſomevvhat more of Aſpiration; And on the other ſide, the cloſeneſs and Mufling, and (as I may ſay) Lazineſs of ſpeaking […] render the ſound of their Speech conſiderably...1669, William Holder, Elements of Speech: An Essay of Inquiry into the Natural Production of Letters: […], London: […] T. N[ewcomb] for J[ohn] Martyn printer to the R[oyal] Society, […], →OCLC, page...

Origin of apertness

From apert + -ness.

Questions about apertness

What does apertness mean?
Apertness means openness; frankness.
What part of speech is apertness?
Apertness is a noun.

Words near apertness in the dictionary

  1. apertion
  2. apertions
  3. apertive
  4. apertives
  5. apertly
  6. apertness
  7. apertometer
  8. apertometers
  9. apertura
  10. apertural
  11. aperturally

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