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mortalness

mortalness noun: the quality of being mortal; mortality.

Noun

mortalness (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being mortal; mortality.
    • […] therefore, to him, Isabel wholly soared out of the realms of mortalness, and for him became transfigured in the highest heaven of uncorrupted Love.1852, Herman Melville, Pierre; or The Ambiguities

Origin of mortalness

From mortal + -ness.

Questions about mortalness

What does mortalness mean?
Mortalness means the quality of being mortal; mortality.
What part of speech is mortalness?
Mortalness is a noun.

Words near mortalness in the dictionary

  1. mortall
  2. mortalled
  3. mortallest
  4. mortalls
  5. mortally
  6. mortalness
  7. mortals
  8. mortar
  9. mortar and pestle
  10. mortar hoe
  11. mortar hoes

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