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oakness

oakness noun: the quality of being oak, or of being an oak tree.

Noun

oakness (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being oak, or of being an oak tree.
    • The rational detective, of course, is not prepared to bow before oakness and elmness.2004, François Gallix, Vanessa Guignery, Crime Fictions: Subverted Codes and New Structures, page 2
    • For Aristotle, an acorn becomes an oak, because it has the essence of oakness within it, which means it should become an oak.2007, Siniša Malešević, Mark Haugaard, Ernest Gellner and Contemporary Social Thought, page 86

Origin of oakness

From oak + -ness.

Questions about oakness

What does oakness mean?
Oakness means the quality of being oak, or of being an oak tree.
What part of speech is oakness?
Oakness is a noun.

Words near oakness in the dictionary

  1. Oakman
  2. Oakmere
  3. Oakmont
  4. oakmoss
  5. oakmosses
  6. oakness
  7. Oakridge
  8. oaks
  9. Oaksey
  10. oaktag
  11. oaktags

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