heathenesse
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle English hethenesse, hethenes, from Old English hǣþenes, hǣþennes. Equivalent to heathen + -ness.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]heathenesse (uncountable)
- Obsolete form of heathenness.
- (obsolete) heathendom
- 1819 December 20 (indicated as 1820), Walter Scott, Ivanhoe; a Romance. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co. […], →OCLC:
- as interesting to the lovers of the as any king in Christendom or Heathenesse
References
[edit]- “heathenesse”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
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