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swimmingness

swimmingness noun: the act or state of swimming; suffusion.

Noun

swimmingness (uncountable)

  1. The act or state of swimming; suffusion.
    • You ſee that Picture has a ſort of a—Ha Foible? A ſwimmineſs in the Eyes— [...]1700, [William] Congreve, The Way of the World, a Comedy. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC, Act III, scene v, page 36

Origin of swimmingness

From swimming + -ness.

Questions about swimmingness

What does swimmingness mean?
Swimmingness means the act or state of swimming; suffusion.
What part of speech is swimmingness?
Swimmingness is a noun.

Words near swimmingness in the dictionary

  1. swimming upstream
  2. swimming with sharks
  3. swimming-pool
  4. swimming-pools
  5. swimmingly
  6. swimmingness
  7. swimmings
  8. swimmist
  9. swimmists
  10. swimmy
  11. swimnastic

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