appositeness
nounEtymology
From apposite + -ness.
- derived from appositus
Definitions
the state of being apposite
- There is a want of appositeness and accuracy in the first sentence of this extract, which renders it somewhat difficult to determine whether the author designed it as a single proposition, or as a series of independent propositions.
- For two years more he lingered, sinking slowly into unconsciousness and imbecility. Sometimes, propped up in his chair, he would be heard to murmur, with unexpected appositeness, the words of Samson [...]
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for appositeness. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA