currentness

English

Etymology

From current +‎ -ness.

Noun

currentness (uncountable)

1. The state or quality of being current.
   • 1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 17, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:

     Other vertues have had little or no currantnesse at all in this age: But valour is become popular by reason of our civill warres […].

2. (obsolete) Easiness of pronunciation; fluency.
   • 1605, M. N. [pseudonym; William Camden], Remaines of a Greater Worke, Concerning Britaine, […], London: […] G[eorge] E[ld] for Simon Waterson, →OCLC:

     When currentness [combineth] with staidness, how can the language […] sound other than most full of sweetness?

Synonyms

• currency

Translations

quality of being current

• Finnish: ajantasaisuus (fi); ajankohtaisuus (fi)
• German: Aktualität (de) f
• Portuguese: atualidade (pt) m