fulnesse
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Middle English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Old English fulnes, fylnes; equivalent to ful (“full”) + -nesse.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
fulnesse (uncountable)
- Plenty, profusion; the state of being abundant.
- Satiation, quenching (of hunger or desire)
- (especially theology) Totality, entirety; the whole of something.
- (rare) Completeness; the state of being full.
- (rare) The summation or apex (of a quality)
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- “fulnes(se, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
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