halfness

English

Etymology

half +‎ -ness

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈhæfnəs/

Noun

halfness (usually uncountable, plural halfnesses)

1. The quality of being half; incompleteness.
   • 1841, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Compensation:

     As soon as there is any departure from simplicity, and attempt at halfness, or good for me that is not good for him, my neighbor feels the wrong.

References

• “halfness”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.