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bewilderingness

bewilderingness noun: quality of being bewildering.

Noun

bewilderingness (uncountable)

  1. Quality of being bewildering.
    • Then the bewilderingness of the old starings of the solitary old man and old woman, by the cracked hearth-stone of the desolate old house, in the desolate, round, open space[…]1852, Herman Melville, Pierre; or, The Ambiguities

Origin of bewilderingness

From bewildering + -ness.

Questions about bewilderingness

What does bewilderingness mean?
Bewilderingness means quality of being bewildering.
What part of speech is bewilderingness?
Bewilderingness is a noun.

Words near bewilderingness in the dictionary

  1. bewilderers
  2. bewilderest
  3. bewildereth
  4. bewildering
  5. bewilderingly
  6. bewilderingness
  7. bewilderings
  8. bewilderment
  9. bewilderments
  10. bewilders
  11. bewile

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