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setnesses

setnesses is the plural of setness.

Meaning of setness

Noun

setness (countable and uncountable, plural setnesses)

  1. The quality or state of being set; formality; obstinacy.
    • the starched setness of a sententious writer1884, Robert Masters, Memoirs […] of Thomas Baker

Questions about setnesses

What is setnesses the plural of?
Setnesses is the plural of setness.

Words near setnesses in the dictionary

  1. setmined
  2. setmines
  3. setmining
  4. Setmurthy
  5. setness
  6. setnesses
  7. setnet
  8. setnets
  9. setnetted
  10. setnetter
  11. setnetters

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