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northernness

northernness noun: the state or quality of being northern.

Noun (1)

northernness (uncountable)

  1. The state or quality of being northern.

Noun (2) capitalized: Northernness

Northernness (uncountable)

  1. A fascination with the northern lands of Britain and Scandinavia, but also a sense of longing for an unattainable, imaginary world.
    • Pure "Northernness" engulfed me: a vision of huge, clear spaces hanging above the Atlantic in the endless twilight of Northern summer, remoteness, severity…and almost at the same moment I knew that I had met this before, long, long ago.1955, C. S. Lewis, Surprised by Joy: The Shape of My Early Life, Geoffrey Bles

Origin of northernness

From northern + -ness.

Questions about northernness

What does northernness mean?
Northernness means the state or quality of being northern.
What part of speech is northernness?
Northernness is a noun.

Words near northernness in the dictionary

  1. northernized
  2. northernizes
  3. northernizing
  4. northernly
  5. northernmost
  6. northernness
  7. northerns
  8. northers
  9. northest
  10. Northey
  11. Northeys

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