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donnesses

donnesses is the plural of donness.

Meaning of donness

Noun

donness (plural donnesses)

  1. A female don.
    • Tom—to use one of his own expressions—shook his feathers and pulled himself together when Philip came in, and, smoking away in earnest, seemed to take the greatest possible interest in the rector's recollections of the dean's dinner and the after "evening," at which Ethel came out so very...1866, Mark Lemon, Falkner Lyle, Or the Story of Two Wives, volume II, London: Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, page 266

Questions about donnesses

What is donnesses the plural of?
Donnesses is the plural of donness.

Words near donnesses in the dictionary

  1. donnering
  2. Donnermeyer
  3. donners
  4. Donnesque
  5. donness
  6. donnesses
  7. Donnetta
  8. Donnette
  9. donnick
  10. donnicker
  11. donnickers

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