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pristineness

pristineness noun: the state or condition of being pristine.

Noun

pristineness (uncountable)

  1. The state or condition of being pristine.
    • The resilience of mankind in Antarctica is inexorable; even the constant bleating of those who whine for permanent silence and infinite pristineness dissipates into an insignificant Buddhist drone beneath the soothing rumble of fleets of machines with pulsing hydraulics.2011, Nicholas Johnson, Big Dead Place, page 78

Origin of pristineness

From pristine + -ness.

Questions about pristineness

What does pristineness mean?
Pristineness means the state or condition of being pristine.
What part of speech is pristineness?
Pristineness is a noun.

Words near pristineness in the dictionary

  1. pristinamycines
  2. pristinamycins
  3. pristinate
  4. pristine
  5. pristinely
  6. pristineness
  7. pristinin
  8. pristiophorid
  9. pristiophorids
  10. pristiophoriform
  11. pristiophoriforms

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