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fewness

noun

Etymology

From few + -ness.

  1. derived from *peh₂w-✻
  2. inherited from *fawaz✻ — “few”
  3. inherited from *fau✻
  4. inherited from fēaw — “few”
  5. inherited from fewe
  6. suffixed as fewness — “few + ness”

Definitions

  1. The state, quality, or condition of being few.

    • They on the hill, which were not yet come to blows, perceiving the fewness of their enemies, came down amain.
    • There are, says the Irish triad, 'three fewnesses that are better than plenty: a fewness of fine words; a fewness of cows on grass; a fewness of good friends around good ale'. As an Ulsterman I would agree.

The neighborhood

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