jaguarness
jaguarness noun: the state or quality of being a jaguar.
Noun
jaguarness (uncountable)
- The state or quality of being a jaguar.
- Hughes draws on this ancient concept and suggests that the jaguar calls up his rage to wear himself out from within to annihilate and free himself from his condition of enslavement — not to the bars but to his condition of 'jaguarness' which imprisons him […]1981, Stuart Hirschberg, Myth in the poetry of Ted Hughes: a guide to the poems, page 33
- But this is a very good indication of what they think is happening when they are preparing curare. 'Jaguarness' is around, and it affects the hunters in their very being.2001, Peter Rivière, Beyond the Visible and the Material: The Amerindianization of Society in the Work of Peter Rivière
Examples of jaguarness in a sentence
- In our terms, it would be a representation of jaguarness.2004, Irving Goldman, Cubeo Hehénewa Religious Thought, page 329:
- This fundamental relationship—the foundation upon which the ABCs of “jaguarness” are built—remains something of a mystery.2014, Richard Mahler, Jaguar's Shadow: Searching for a Mythic Cat, page 33:
Origin of jaguarness
From jaguar + -ness.
Questions about jaguarness
- What does jaguarness mean?
- Jaguarness means the state or quality of being a jaguar.
- How do you use jaguarness in a sentence?
- In our terms, it would be a representation of jaguarness.
- What part of speech is jaguarness?
- Jaguarness is a noun.
Words near jaguarness in the dictionary
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