superacuteness
superacuteness noun: the quality of being superacute.
Noun
superacuteness (usually uncountable, plural superacutenesses)
- The quality of being superacute.
- We learn that we must in many questions content ourselves with an avowal of ignorance; and that superacuteness which imagines thatit can explain the most complicated historical developments by a few ingenious aperçus is humbled.1889 June 30, “Broad View of Language”, in The New York Times, volume XXXVIII, number 11805, page 11, column 6
- The physician is unable to account for it except through superacuteness of a sense of smell which detects mortification of the body even while life exists.1902 March 4, “Odor Warns Him of Death”, in The Los Angeles Times, page 3, column 5
Forms of superacuteness
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Origin of superacuteness
From superacute + -ness.
Questions about superacuteness
- What does superacuteness mean?
- Superacuteness means the quality of being superacute.
- What part of speech is superacuteness?
- Superacuteness is a noun.
- What is the plural of superacuteness?
- The plural of superacuteness is superacutenesses.
Words near superacuteness in the dictionary
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