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thiefness en · NOUN

Etymology

From thief + -ness.

Meanings

  1. (rare, uncountable) The state or conduct of a thief; thievery
    • Yuh mad or what? Don't involve me into thiefness. 2014, Aston Cooke, Country Duppy & Jonkanoo Jamboree:
    • He's high on something he's scrounged, this or that scrap makes him feel clean, clear of his former details: his feeling of thiefness disappears making a little promise it won't happen again in exchange for the core it took to get this innerness [...] 1987, Mary Ruefle, Life without speaking - Page 79: