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neverness

neverness noun: the quality of being never, of not ever being extant or present.

Noun

neverness (uncountable)

  1. (rare) The quality of being never, of not ever being extant or present.
    • He felt a lump in his throat and a hotness in his eyes as he thought of the neverness of her.1974, The Honest Ulsterman, numbers 42-47, page 14
    • Reader and writer come together to accomplish the negative, to occupy an alternative to the present. In this threshold instant called reading, we bridge the gap of now and never. The neverness of fiction, what never happened, happens now.2009, A. A. Attanasio, Arrival: Key Speeches, Reflections and Historical Context, page 10

Origin of neverness

From never + -ness.

Questions about neverness

What does neverness mean?
Neverness means the quality of being never, of not ever being extant or present.
What part of speech is neverness?
Neverness is a noun.

Words near neverness in the dictionary

  1. neverminding
  2. neverminds
  3. nevermo
  4. nevermore
  5. Nevern
  6. neverness
  7. neverpasser
  8. nevers
  9. Neversink
  10. neversmoker
  11. neversmokers

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