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thingliness

thingliness noun: the quality of being thingly.

Noun

thingliness (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being thingly.
    • The wrinkly recursiveness of her language seems lodged at the layer of consciousness itself, where Moore demands readers’ attention to the innate thingliness of words.2009 August 30, Jonathan Lethem, “Eyes Wide Open”, in New York Times

Origin of thingliness

From thingly + -ness.

Questions about thingliness

What does thingliness mean?
Thingliness means the quality of being thingly.
What part of speech is thingliness?
Thingliness is a noun.

Words near thingliness in the dictionary

  1. thinglet
  2. thinglets
  3. Thingley
  4. thinglike
  5. thinglikeness
  6. thingliness
  7. thingly
  8. thingmabob
  9. thingmabobs
  10. thingmajig
  11. thingman

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