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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

poorness en · NOUN

Etymology

From Middle English poornes, porenes, porenesse, pornes, pornesse, povernesse, powrenesse; equivalent to poor + -ness.

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) The quality of being poor
  2. (countable, uncountable) poverty

Forms

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poornesses Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

poorness is a state of mind