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douceness

douceness noun: the quality of being douce.

Noun

douceness (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being douce.

Origin of douceness

From douce + -ness. Piecewise doublet of dulceness.

Questions about douceness

What does douceness mean?
Douceness means the quality of being douce.
What part of speech is douceness?
Douceness is a noun.

Words near douceness in the dictionary

  1. doubtworthy
  2. doubty
  3. douc
  4. douce
  5. doucely
  6. douceness
  7. doucepere
  8. douceperes
  9. doucer
  10. doucest
  11. doucet

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