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seventeenness

seventeenness noun: the property of being seventeen.

Noun

seventeenness (uncountable)

  1. (rare) The property of being seventeen.
    • It was the first time in all the largesse of her youth that such a tone had assailed Zoe. The very seventeenness of her revolted; she dropped her attitude.1921, Fannie Hurst, Stardust: The Story of an American Girl
    • None of these descriptions seems to give you a clue to the intrinsic seventeenness of 17 – the unique feature which makes it the very number that it is.1999, Richard Rorty, Philosophy and Social Hope

Origin of seventeenness

From seventeen + -ness.

Questions about seventeenness

What does seventeenness mean?
Seventeenness means the property of being seventeen.
What part of speech is seventeenness?
Seventeenness is a noun.

Words near seventeenness in the dictionary

  1. seventeen hundred
  2. seventeen-year locust
  3. seventeen-year locusts
  4. seventeenfold
  5. seventeenish
  6. seventeenness
  7. seventeenpence
  8. seventeens
  9. seventeenth
  10. seventeenthly
  11. seventeenths

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