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comfortableness en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree English comfortable 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 comfortableness From comfortable + -ness.

Meanings

1. (uncountable, usually) Comfort: the quality or state of being comfortable.
   • At that moment his sneakers feel horribly, horribly overcomfortable. Maybe you’ve experienced this sensation. You’re riding on a commuter train, and all around you people are in business suits. In this context, your casual clothes feel ridiculously soft and easy. You might as well be wearing pajamas. The comfortableness hangs on you like a cloying hug. 1997 November 10, David Brooks, “THE SHOES MAKE THE MAN”, in Washington Examiner, archived from the original on 03 Dec 2024:
   • I was only alive to the condensed confidential comfortableness of sharing a pipe and a blanket with a real friend. 1851, Herman Melville, Moby-Dick:

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