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gamesomeness

gamesomeness noun: the quality of being gamesome.

Noun

gamesomeness (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being gamesome.
    • So when they were working that evening at the pumps, there was on this head no small gamesomeness slily going on among them, as they stood with their feet continually overflowed by the rippling clear water; [...]1851 November 14, Herman Melville, “The Town-Ho’s Story (As Told at the Golden Inn.)”, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley...

Origin of gamesomeness

From gamesome + -ness.

Questions about gamesomeness

What does gamesomeness mean?
Gamesomeness means the quality of being gamesome.
What part of speech is gamesomeness?
Gamesomeness is a noun.

Words near gamesomeness in the dictionary

  1. gamesmaster
  2. gamesmasters
  3. gamesmen
  4. gamesome
  5. gamesomely
  6. gamesomeness
  7. gamesomest
  8. gamespace
  9. gamespaces
  10. gamesplayer
  11. gamesplayers

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