attachingness en · NOUN
Etymology
Etymology tree English attaching Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English attachingness From attaching + -ness.
Meanings
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(uncountable) The state or quality of attaching.
July 26, 1808, William Taylor, letter to Robert Southey Fox's historic work I have been reading with great delight: it is meritorious for research, and has all the attachingness of romance, to which the bursts of oratory contribute not a little.