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fourness

fourness noun: the property or state of being four in number.

Noun

fourness (uncountable)

  1. The property or state of being four in number.
    • There is such a thing as threeness, or fourness, and the threeness of three cannot be added to the fourness of four.2005, John Dillon, The Heirs of Plato: A Study of the Old Academy (347-274 BC)
    Synonyms:
    quaternity

Synonyms of fourness

Origin of fourness

From four + -ness.

Questions about fourness

What does fourness mean?
Fourness means the property or state of being four in number.
What part of speech is fourness?
Fourness is a noun.

Words near fourness in the dictionary

  1. Fourmans
  2. fourmarierite
  3. fourneau
  4. fourneaus
  5. fourneaux
  6. fourness
  7. Fournier
  8. Fournier gangrene
  9. Fournier point
  10. Fournier points
  11. Fournier's molar

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