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
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(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)