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spruceness en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree English spruce 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 spruceness From spruce + -ness.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) The property of being spruce, of being neat and elegant.
    • There was a slight air of untidiness—or rather, perhaps, an absence of spruceness in any detail—about his general appearance […] 1927, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], Max Carrados Mysteries:

Translations (3)

gd sgiobaltachd (the property of being spruce) · ga breabhsántacht (the property of being spruce) · ka კოპწიაობა (the property of being spruce)