preteriteness en · NOUN
Etymology
From preterite + -ness.
Meanings
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(uncountable) The quality or state of being past.
c. 1851-1852, James Russell Lowell, Leaves from My Journal in Italy and Elsewhere A valley in the moon could scarce have been lonelier , could scarce have suggested more strongly the feeling of preteriteness and extinction
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| preteritness | alternative | lexicographic |