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awkness

UK/ˈɔːknəs/US/ˈɔknəs/

awkness noun: wrongness (awkwardness, sinfulness, or ineptitude).

Noun

awkness (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete, rare) wrongness (awkwardness, sinfulness, or ineptitude).
    • […]but the ſkilfull can woꝛke much vpon little, and by his cunning ouercome the awkneſſe of his ſtuffe:1592, Phillip of Mornay, chapter XXXII, in Phillip Sidney Knight, Arthur Golding, transl., A Woorke Concerning the Trewneſſe of Chriſtian Religion […] , London: Robert Robinſon, page 512
    • So much flesh as is left in a saint, so much awkness and unwillingness to come to God's foot[…]1655, William Gurnall, “The Saint Must Be Always Ready for Trials”, in The Christian in Complete Armour […] , volume I, London: Blackie and Son, published 1865, page 566

Origin of awkness

From awk + -ness.

Questions about awkness

What does awkness mean?
Awkness means wrongness (awkwardness, sinfulness, or ineptitude).
What part of speech is awkness?
Awkness is a noun.
How do you pronounce awkness?
Awkness is pronounced /ˈɔːknəs/ (UK).

Words near awkness in the dictionary

  1. awiwi
  2. awk
  3. Awka
  4. awkaf
  5. awkly
  6. awkness
  7. awko taco
  8. awks
  9. awkward
  10. awkward age
  11. Awkward Bench

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