blankness

blankness

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
English blank
Proto-Germanic *-in-
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti
Proto-Germanic *-ōną
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 blankness

    From blank + -ness.

    Noun

    blankness (countable and uncountable, plural blanknesses)

    1. The characteristic of being blank.
      • 1914, Ernest Bramah, Max Carrados:
        "What is that?" demanded Carrados sharply. "Do you mean that?"
        "Mean what?" she asked, with the blankness of one who has lost the thread of her own thoughts.

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