neverness en · NOUN
Etymology
From never + -ness.
Meanings
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(rare, uncountable) The quality of being never, of not ever being extant or present.
Reader and writer come together to accomplish the negative, to occupy an alternative to the present. In this threshold instant called reading, we bridge the gap of now and never. The neverness of fiction, what never happened, happens now.
2009, A. A. Attanasio, Arrival: Key Speeches, Reflections and Historical Context, page 10:He felt a lump in his throat and a hotness in his eyes as he thought of the neverness of her.
1974, The Honest Ulsterman, numbers 42-47, page 14:
Translations (1)
pt nunca (the quality of not ever being extant or present)