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heavy-handedness en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree English heavy-handed Proto-Germanic *-in- Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti Proto-Germanic *-ōną 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 heavy-handedness From heavy-handed + -ness.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) The property or state of being heavy-handed.

Forms

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Synonyms

iron-fistedness · iron-handedness