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jadedness en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree English jaded 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 jadedness From jaded + -ness.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) The state of being jaded or worn out.
    • […] It’s just a reset, like there’s a knob at the back of your head that’s tilted toward jadedness. Turn it back to wonder.” 2020 December 24, Elisabeth Egan, “Aimee Nezhukumatathil Wants You to Get Some Fresh Air”, in The New York Times:
    • Perhaps this absence of sentiment is the organic jadedness of being in the industry, 25 years of seeing the sausage get made. 2024 September 27, Marcus Thompson II, “The A’s are leaving Oakland — good riddance to an inept owner and MLB enablers”, in The New York Times: