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startness

startness noun: the condition of being started.

Noun

startness (uncountable)

  1. (nonstandard, rare) The condition of being started.
    • But startness is only what it is by virtue of the existence of not-startness, and vice-versa. That is, up is only up because our minds conceive of a down.1977, Marco M. Pardi, Death: An Anthropological Perspective, page 46
    • The button ignition was one of the best I’ve encountered (often they don’t respond quickly enough, and you end up pressing five times before you enter the state of stoppedness or startness you desired).2016 June 25, Zoe Williams, “Toyota Prius car review - ‘I hurtled like a country driver in this goody-two-shoes of the road’”, in The Guardian

Origin of startness

From start + -ness.

Questions about startness

What does startness mean?
Startness means the condition of being started.
What part of speech is startness?
Startness is a noun.

Words near startness in the dictionary

  1. startlings
  2. startlish
  3. startlishness
  4. startlist
  5. startlists
  6. startness
  7. startpoint
  8. startpoints
  9. startracker
  10. startrackers
  11. starts

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