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Webster 1913 Edition
Loneness
Lone′ness
,Noun.
Solitude; seclusion.
[Obs.]
Donne.
Webster 1828 Edition
Loneness
LO'NENESS
,Noun.
Definition 2024
loneness
loneness
English
Noun
loneness (uncountable)
- (now rare) The state of being alone; loneliness, solitariness.
- 1635, John Donne, The Indifferent:
- Her who loves lonenesse best, and her who maskes and plaies [...].
- 1635, John Donne, The Indifferent: