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smoulderingness

smoulderingness noun: the state of smouldering.

Noun

smoulderingness (uncountable)

  1. The state of smouldering.
    • Whether any of our national peculiarities may be traced to our use of stoves, as a certain closeness of the lips in pronunciation, and a smothered smoulderingness of disposition[…]1848, James Russell Lowell, The Biglow Papers

Origin of smoulderingness

From smouldering + -ness.

Questions about smoulderingness

What does smoulderingness mean?
Smoulderingness means the state of smouldering.
What part of speech is smoulderingness?
Smoulderingness is a noun.

Words near smoulderingness in the dictionary

  1. smouldered
  2. smoulderer
  3. smoulderers
  4. smouldering
  5. smoulderingly
  6. smoulderingness
  7. smoulderings
  8. smoulders
  9. smouldring
  10. smouldry
  11. smous

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