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irresistibleness

irresistibleness noun: the quality of being irresistible.

Noun

irresistibleness (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being irresistible.
    • Once Rome, fully conscious of the irresistibleness of her power by land, had transferred her superiority also to the other element; now the mighty state was powerless at sea and, as it seemed, on the point of also losing its dominion at least over the Asiatic continent.1854, Theodor Mommsen, The History of Rome, Book V
    • If he could get our point of view and let some woman take a hand at him, she might efface his irresistibleness and make a man of him.1897, Lilian Bell, From a Girl's Point of View

Origin of irresistibleness

From irresistible + -ness.

Questions about irresistibleness

What does irresistibleness mean?
Irresistibleness means the quality of being irresistible.
What part of speech is irresistibleness?
Irresistibleness is a noun.

Words near irresistibleness in the dictionary

  1. irresistance
  2. irresistibility
  3. irresistibilize
  4. irresistible
  5. irresistible grace
  6. irresistibleness
  7. irresistibly
  8. irresistless
  9. irresolubility
  10. irresoluble
  11. irresolubleness

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