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brahmaness

brahmaness is the alternative form of brahminess.

Meaning of brahminess

Noun

brahminess (plural brahminesses)

  1. (dated) A female brahmin (member of Hindu priestly caste).
    • The Chinese share the aversion, and the Brahmins were forbidden by law to marry a red-haired woman, a silly law which the Brahminesses immediately circumvented by the generous use of dye from black walnuts.1939, Ivor Griffith, Lobscows: the clean-up of an editorial kitchen, page 23

Forms of brahmaness

pluralbrahmanesses

Origin of brahmaness

From brahman + -ess.

Questions about brahmaness

What is brahmaness the alternative form of?
Brahmaness is the alternative form of brahminess.

Words near brahmaness in the dictionary

  1. Brahmanbaria District
  2. Brahmanda
  3. Brahmandas
  4. Brahmanee
  5. Brahmanees
  6. brahmaness
  7. brahmanesses
  8. Brahmani
  9. Brahmanic
  10. Brahmanical
  11. Brahmanically

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