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unhousedness

unhousedness noun: the quality of being unhoused.

Noun

unhousedness (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being unhoused.
    • To provide a focus for this concept, George Steiner introduces the idea of extra-territoriality, explained in the foreword and the first essay as the emergence of linguistic “unhousedness” in great writers.1972, The Tablet, volume 226, page 546
    • There is not only an unhousedness in language — how to convey, to say nothing of converge — but an unhousedness of place.2009 March 1, The Editors, “Up Front: Joy Williams”, in New York Times

Origin of unhousedness

From unhoused + -ness.

Questions about unhousedness

What does unhousedness mean?
Unhousedness means the quality of being unhoused.
What part of speech is unhousedness?
Unhousedness is a noun.

Words near unhousedness in the dictionary

  1. unhoundlike
  2. unhousable
  3. unhouse
  4. unhousebroken
  5. unhoused
  6. unhousedness
  7. unhouseled
  8. unhouselike
  9. unhouselled
  10. unhouses
  11. unhousewifely

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