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can-do-ness

noun

Etymology

From can-do + -ness.

  1. inherited from *dʰédʰeh₁ti✻
  2. inherited from *dedǭ✻
  3. inherited from dyde
  4. inherited from didde
  5. derived from *dʰeh₁-✻
  6. inherited from *dōną✻
  7. inherited from *dōn✻
  8. inherited from don
  9. inherited from don
  10. compounded as can-do — “can + do”
  11. suffixed as can-do-ness — “can-do + -ness”

Definitions

  1. Confidence or willingness to get something done.

    • Brian applied that can-do-ness in the way he rigorously studied ice cream to turn himself from a total amateur into a professional.
    • As a description of the praxeology of philanthropy, Norris's statement practically oozes know-how and Spivak's can-do-ness.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA