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clanlessness

clanlessness noun: the state of being clanless.

Noun

clanlessness (uncountable)

  1. The state of being clanless.
    • To be disowned publicly is to be cut off from this, to be placed in a limbo of homelessness, clanlessness, to become nothing.2004, Michael Hanne, Creativity in exile, page 23

Origin of clanlessness

From clanless + -ness. Piecewise doublet of plantlessness.

Questions about clanlessness

What does clanlessness mean?
Clanlessness means the state of being clanless.
What part of speech is clanlessness?
Clanlessness is a noun.

Words near clanlessness in the dictionary

  1. clankt
  2. clanky
  3. clanlect
  4. clanlects
  5. clanless
  6. clanlessness
  7. clanmate
  8. clanmates
  9. clann
  10. Clannaborough
  11. clanned

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