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barehandedness

noun

Etymology

From barehanded + -ness.

  1. inherited from *handuz✻
  2. inherited from *handu✻
  3. inherited from hand
  4. inherited from hond
  5. suffixed as handed — “hand + ed”
  6. compounded as barehanded — “bare + handed”
  7. suffixed as barehandedness — “barehanded + ness”

Definitions

  1. The state of being barehanded

    The state of being barehanded; lacking hand coverings or tools.

    • His barehandedness was not unusual. Unlike position players, pitchers had in general been slow to seek the protection of a glove.

The neighborhood

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No curated loop yet for barehandedness. 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