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lowness en · NOUN

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Etymology

From Middle English lownesse; equivalent to low + -ness.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The property of being low.
   • Then I was forced to rest; and, sitting down on the ground, saw that the glimmering streak of light had faded, and that the awful blackness of the previous night was creeping up again. And now I had no heart to face it, being cowed with hunger, thirst, and weariness; and so flung myself upon my face, that I might not see how dark it was, and groaned for very lowness of spirit. [1898], J[ohn] Meade Falkner, “In the Vault”, in Moonfleet, London; Toronto, Ont.: Jonathan Cape, published 1934, →OCLC, page 65:
   • My attention was attracted to the next box [booth] by a conversation which was, from its lowness, evidently intended not to be heard. 1861, E. J. Guerin, Mountain Charley, page 19:
2. (countable) Something that is low or vulgar.
   • lownesses of expression

Forms

Translations (11)

nl laagte (property) · sq vutësi (property) · izh matalus (property) · fi rahvaanomaisuus (something vulgar) · ota رذالت (property) · fi säädyttömyys (something vulgar) · fi alhaisuus (property) · eo malalteco (property) · uk ни́зькість (something vulgar) · uk ни́зькість (property) · fi mataluus (property)