secondariness

English

Etymology

From secondary +‎ -ness.

Noun

secondariness (uncountable)

1. The state of being secondary.
   • 1884, Margaret Oliphant, The Wizard's Son:

     To follow all his movements and thoughts as well as she could with wistful secondariness

References

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