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auncientnesse

auncientnesse is the obsolete spelling of ancientness.

Meaning of ancientness

Noun

ancientness (usually uncountable, plural ancientnesses)

  1. (usually) The state or quality of being ancient.
    • Here we are in this wonderful town, where, if you can't see everything you want to see, you can generally see a sample of it, even if your fad happens to be the ancientnesses of Egypt.1894, Frank Richard Stockton, Pomona's Travels, page 257

Forms of auncientnesse

pluralauncientnesses

Origin of auncientnesse

From auncient + -nesse.

Questions about auncientnesse

What is auncientnesse the obsolete spelling of?
Auncientnesse is the obsolete spelling of ancientness.

Words near auncientnesse in the dictionary

  1. auncestries
  2. auncestry
  3. aunchient
  4. auncient
  5. aunciently
  6. auncientnesse
  7. auncientry
  8. auncle
  9. auncles
  10. Aundanao
  11. aune

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Adapted from Wiktionary: auncientnesse (page history and authors); ancientness (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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