forgottenness en · NOUN
Etymology
Etymology tree English forgotten 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 forgottenness From forgotten + -ness.
Meanings
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(uncountable) The quality or state of being forgotten
Abandonment of being is the ground of the forgottenness of being.
1938, Parvis Evad, Kenneth Maly, “Echo”, in Contributions to Philosophy: From Enowning, translation of original by Martin Heidegger, published 1999, →ISBN, page 80: