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foundedness

foundedness noun: the state of being founded.

Noun

foundedness (uncountable)

  1. The state of being founded.
    • [B]ecause of the centuries he has spent dormant in the tumulus, there is a foundedness as well as a lambency about him.1999, Seamus Heaney, “Introduction”, in Beowulf, London: Faber and Faber, page xix

Origin of foundedness

From founded + -ness.

Questions about foundedness

What does foundedness mean?
Foundedness means the state of being founded.
What part of speech is foundedness?
Foundedness is a noun.

Words near foundedness in the dictionary

  1. foundations
  2. foundationwear
  3. foundator
  4. founde
  5. founded
  6. foundedness
  7. foundedst
  8. founden
  9. founder
  10. founder effect
  11. founder effects

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