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patnesses

patnesses is the plural of patness.

Meaning of patness

Noun

patness (usually uncountable, plural patnesses)

  1. (usually) The state or quality of being pat.
    • The setup's almost laughably pat, and nothing that follows mitigates that patness.1988 January 29, Anthony Adler, “K-2/The Indian Wants the Bronx”, in Chicago Reader

Questions about patnesses

What is patnesses the plural of?
Patnesses is the plural of patness.

Words near patnesses in the dictionary

  1. Patnaiks
  2. Patnanungan
  3. Patnaude
  4. Patnaudes
  5. patness
  6. patnesses
  7. Patney
  8. patnidar
  9. patnidars
  10. Patnode
  11. Patnodes

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