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bienness

bienness noun: the quality of being good, wholesome, comfortable, etc.

Noun

bienness (uncountable)

  1. (archaic) The quality of being good, wholesome, comfortable, etc.
    • Here were no haggard savages, unkempt and scantily clad, coming forth from their dens in the rocks to stare wildly at the strangers. On the contrary, there was a prevailing air of comfort and “bienness” about the people and their houses.1874, William Black, A Princess of Thule, volume 1, page 36
    • [Otago's] pace has been, and even without auriferous wealth, would have continued to be, that of steady progress. Not so deliriously fast, perhaps, but in a sense which the more thoughtful can appreciate as more satisfactory; that would have yielded a description of rough bienness to the majority...1879, James Barr, The Old Identities: Being Sketches and Reminiscences During the First Decade of the Province of Otago, N.Z., page 338

Origin of bienness

From French bien (“good, well”) + -ness.

Questions about bienness

What does bienness mean?
Bienness means the quality of being good, wholesome, comfortable, etc.
What part of speech is bienness?
Bienness is a noun.

Words near bienness in the dictionary

  1. Bienkowskis
  2. biennale
  3. biennales
  4. biennary
  5. Bienne
  6. bienness
  7. biennia
  8. biennial
  9. bienniality
  10. biennially
  11. biennials

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