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slenderness en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree English slender 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 slenderness From slender + -ness.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable, usually) The property of being slender.
    • England have not beaten their neighbours from across the Channel since 1974 and the slenderness of the scoreline, with the two side’s separated only by Eugénie Le Sommer’s first-half strike, disguises the superiority of a French side now clear favourites to top Group F 2015 June 9, “Women’s World Cup 2015: England beaten by France in Group F opener”, in The Guardian (London):
  2. (uncountable, usually) The quotient between the height and the width of a building.

Forms

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Translations (10)

lv slaidums (property of being slender) · cs štíhlost (property of being slender) · ca esveltesa (property of being slender) · la gracilitās (property of being slender) · fr sveltesse (property of being slender) · cs útlost (property of being slender) · de Schlankheit (property of being slender) · ga caoile (property of being slender) · es esbeltez (property of being slender) · lv slaikums (property of being slender)