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far-flungness

far-flungness noun: the state of being far-flung.

Noun

far-flungness (uncountable)

  1. The state of being far-flung.
    • The far-flungness of the word, the phenomenological pleasure of finding it variously transformed by Ransom's modernity and Beowulf’s venerability made me feel vaguely something for which again I only found the words years later.1999, Seamus Heaney, “Introduction”, in Beowulf, London: Faber and Faber, page xxv

Origin of far-flungness

From far-flung + -ness.

Questions about far-flungness

What does far-flungness mean?
Far-flungness means the state of being far-flung.
What part of speech is far-flungness?
Far-flungness is a noun.

Words near far-flungness in the dictionary

  1. far-fetched
  2. far-fetchedly
  3. far-fetchedness
  4. far-field
  5. far-flung
  6. far-flungness
  7. far-gone
  8. far-left
  9. far-lefter
  10. far-lefters
  11. far-leftist

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