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hearsomeness

hearsomeness noun: obedience; submission to authority.

Noun

hearsomeness (uncountable)

  1. (rare) Obedience; submission to authority.
    • Thus the hearsomeness of the burger felicitates the whole of the polis.1939, James Joyce, Finnegans Wake
    • […] his awakened "hearsomeness" causing him to misconstrue the sound, along Aristotelean lines, as the sound of thunder.1993, John Bishop, Joyce's Book of the Dark

Origin of hearsomeness

From Middle English hersumnesse, from Old English hīersumnes (“obedience”), equivalent to hearsome + -ness. Cognate with West Frisian hearsumens (“obedience”).

Questions about hearsomeness

What does hearsomeness mean?
Hearsomeness means obedience; submission to authority.
What part of speech is hearsomeness?
Hearsomeness is a noun.

Words near hearsomeness in the dictionary

  1. hearseless
  2. hearselike
  3. hearses
  4. hearsing
  5. hearsome
  6. hearsomeness
  7. hearst
  8. Hearstian
  9. Hearstling
  10. Hearstlings
  11. hearsts

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