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featness

featness noun: skill; adroitness.

Noun

featness (uncountable)

  1. (archaic) Skill; adroitness.
    • Why want to go afar
      Where pitfalls are,
      When all we swains adore
      Your featness more and more1925, Thomas Hardy, “An Expostulation”, in The Poetical Works of Thomas Hardy (poem), lines 1-4, page 760

Origin of featness

From feat + -ness. Piecewise doublet of factness.

Questions about featness

What does featness mean?
Featness means skill; adroitness.
What part of speech is featness?
Featness is a noun.

Words near featness in the dictionary

  1. feathery false lily of the valley
  2. feating
  3. featless
  4. featliest
  5. featly
  6. featness
  7. featous
  8. featously
  9. feats
  10. feats of strength
  11. featuous

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