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taperness

taperness noun: the quality or state of being tapered; tapering form.

Noun

taperness (uncountable)

  1. The quality or state of being tapered; tapering form.
    • written a. 1763, William Shenstone, "On Taste", collected in Essays on Men and Manners
      A Corinthian pillar has some beauty dependent on its variety and smoothness; which I would call absolute; it has also a relative beauty, dependent on its taperness and foliage

Origin of taperness

From taper + -ness.

Questions about taperness

What does taperness mean?
Taperness means the quality or state of being tapered; tapering form.
What part of speech is taperness?
Taperness is a noun.

Words near taperness in the dictionary

  1. taperings
  2. taperless
  3. taperlike
  4. taperly
  5. tapermaker
  6. taperness
  7. tapers
  8. tapers off
  9. taperstick
  10. tapersticks
  11. tapertail

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