awesomeness en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈɔːsəmnəs/ (UK)
- ôʹsəmnəs (UK)
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
Etymology tree English awesome 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 awesomeness From awesome + -ness.
Meanings
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(uncountable, usually) The quality of being awesome.
The bogan likes playing Epic Leads because the bogan is on an inexorable quest for maxtreme awesomeness.
2010, Michael Jayfox, E. Chas McSween, Intravenus DeMilo, Enron Hubbard, Hunter McKenzie-Smythe, Flash Johnson, Things Bogans Like, Sydney: Hachette, page 61:Traditional religions try to capture the awesomeness and subdue the terror with their sense of fate, as did Nietzsche. We should not deny that such notions are naturalistic just because they are also religious.
2004, Robert C. Solomon, In Defense of Sentimentality, page 151:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| awesomenesses | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Translations (1)
fr génialité (quality or state of being awesome)