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1. -ness
a suffix attached to adjectives and participles, forming abstract nouns denoting quality and state (and often, by extension, something exemplifying a quality or state): darkness; goodness; obligingness; preparedness.
Etymology: (ME, OE -nes, -nis, c. OHG -nessi, Go -nassus; suffix orig. *-assus; -n- by false division of words with adj. and ptp. stems ending in -n-; cf. OE efnes (later efen-nys) evenness)
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1. -ness
a suffix used to form abstract nouns expressive of quality or state; as, goodness, greatness
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