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modishnesses

modishnesses is the plural of modishness.

Meaning of modishness

Noun

modishness (usually uncountable, plural modishnesses)

  1. (usually) The property of being modish.
    • Whether it was veritable love or mere modishness that formed my ancestor’s resolve, presently the bells were ringing out, and the oldest elm in the park was being felled, in Meg Speedwell’s honour, and the children were strewing daisies on which Meg Speedwell trod, a proud young hoyden of a bride...1911 October 26, Max Beerbohm, Zuleika Dobson, or, An Oxford Love Story, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: John Lane Company, published 1912, →OCLC

Questions about modishnesses

What is modishnesses the plural of?
Modishnesses is the plural of modishness.

Words near modishnesses in the dictionary

  1. Modisettes
  2. modish
  3. modishest
  4. modishly
  5. modishness
  6. modishnesses
  7. modism
  8. modisms
  9. modist
  10. Modistae
  11. modiste

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