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Webster 1913 Edition


Foreignness

For′eign-ness

,
Noun.
The quality of being foreign; remoteness; want of relation or appropriateness.
Let not the
foreignness
of the subject hinder you from endeavoring to set me right.
Locke.
A
foreignness
of complexion.
G. Eliot.

Webster 1828 Edition


Foreignness

FOR'EIGNNESS

,
Noun.
for'anness. Remoteness; want of relation; as the foreignness of a subject from the main business.

Definition 2024


foreignness

foreignness

English

Noun

foreignness (countable and uncountable, plural foreignnesses)

  1. (uncountable) The quality of being, appearing, or being perceived as foreign; exoticness, otherness.
  2. (countable) A characteristic that indicates foreignness.

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