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unhingement

unhingement noun: the act of unhinging, or the state of being unhinged.

Noun

unhingement (countable and uncountable, plural unhingements)

  1. The act of unhinging, or the state of being unhinged.
    • Yet we have to remember that six consecutive days of rehearsing the star part of The Fallen Angel, at the New Gaiety Theatre where the plaster was not properly dry, might have brought about an unhingement of spirits which, again, might have led to eccentricities.[1889 January], Rudyard Kipling, “(please specify the page)”, in Under the Deodars (A. H. Wheeler & Co.’s Indian Railway Library; no. 4), Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh: A[rthur] H[enry] Wheeler & Co....

Forms of unhingement

pluralunhingements

Origin of unhingement

From unhinge + -ment.

Questions about unhingement

What does unhingement mean?
Unhingement means the act of unhinging, or the state of being unhinged.
What part of speech is unhingement?
Unhingement is a noun.
What is the plural of unhingement?
The plural of unhingement is unhingements.

Words near unhingement in the dictionary

  1. unhinge
  2. unhingeable
  3. unhinged
  4. unhingedly
  5. unhingedness
  6. unhingement
  7. unhingements
  8. unhinges
  9. unhinging
  10. unhingingly
  11. unhintable

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