tallness

tallness

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English tall
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 tallness

    From tall + -ness.

    Noun

    tallness (usually uncountable, plural tallnesses)

    1. The quality or characteristic of being tall.
      • 1904 January 29 – October 7, Joseph Conrad, Nostromo: A Tale of the Seaboard, London; New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers […], published 1904, →OCLC:
        The long, skimpy soutane accentuated the tallness of his stature; […] and the straight, black bar of his joined eyebrows […] suggested something unlawful behind his priesthood, the idea of a chaplain of bandits.

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