confidingness en · NOUN
Etymology
Etymology tree English confiding 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 confidingness From confiding + -ness.
Meanings
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(uncountable) The state or quality of being confiding.
Birds of every kind abounded, and these it was our delight to pursue, with stones and clods of earth. Robins, in particular, thanks to their confidingness, we destroyed in great numbers.
1953, Samuel Beckett, Watt, [Paris]: Olympia Press, →OCLC: