remoteness en · NOUN
Etymology
Etymology tree English remote 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 remoteness From remote + -ness.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) The quality of being remote.
Then again there was a period of what is sometimes called Euhemerism - the theory that the gods and goddesses had actually once been men and women, historical characters round whom a halo of romance and remoteness had gathered.
1920, Edward Carpenter, Pagan and Christian Creeds, New York: Harcourt, Brace and Co., published 1921, page 10:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| remotenesses | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Translations (31)
cy pellter (quality of being remote) · pl oddalenie (quality of being remote) · hi दूरी (quality of being remote) · hil distánsya (quality of being remote) · ru удалённость (quality of being remote) · ka დაშორებულობა (quality of being remote) · ga iargúltacht (quality of being remote) · la longinquitās (quality of being remote) · de Abgelegenheit (quality of being remote) · fi syrjäisyys (quality of being remote) · ur دوری (quality of being remote) · uk відда́леність (quality of being remote) · sv avlägsenhet (quality of being remote) · ga ciandacht (quality of being remote) · pt longinquidade (quality of being remote) · fa دوری (quality of being remote) · sa परत्व (quality of being remote) · ru да́льность (quality of being remote) · tg дурӣ (quality of being remote) · fr éloignement (quality of being remote) · bg усамотеност (quality of being remote) · be адда́ленасць (quality of being remote) · la distantia (quality of being remote) · cy pellenigrwydd (quality of being remote) · et kaugus (quality of being remote) · ka სიშორე (quality of being remote) · es lejanía (quality of being remote) · ru отдалённость (quality of being remote) · bg отдалеченост (quality of being remote) · gd cian (quality of being remote) · ka განცალკევებულობა (quality of being remote)