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woodenness

woodenness noun: the state of being wooden (often in a figurative sense).

Noun

woodenness (usually uncountable, plural woodennesses)

  1. (usually) The state of being wooden (often in a figurative sense).
    • There is hardly a house but is divided against itself, for our foe is the all but universal woodenness of both head and heart, the want of vitality in man, which is the effect of our vice; and hence are begotten fear, superstition, bigotry, persecution, and slavery of all kinds.1859, Henry David Thoreau, A Plea for Captain John Brown
    • […] Marigold’s smile faded into woodenness […]1917, William John Locke, chapter 5, in The Red Planet

Forms of woodenness

pluralwoodennesses

Origin of woodenness

From wooden + -ness.

Questions about woodenness

What does woodenness mean?
Woodenness means the state of being wooden (often in a figurative sense).
What part of speech is woodenness?
Woodenness is a noun.
What is the plural of woodenness?
The plural of woodenness is woodennesses.

Words near woodenness in the dictionary

  1. woodenheaded
  2. woodenheadedness
  3. woodenheads
  4. woodenish
  5. woodenly
  6. woodenness
  7. woodennesses
  8. Woodens
  9. woodentop
  10. woodentops
  11. woodenware

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