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roommateness

noun

Etymology

From roommate + -ness.

  1. inherited from *(H)rewH-✻ — “to root; to rip, tear”
  2. inherited from *rūmą✻ — “room”
  3. inherited from *rūm✻ — “room”
  4. inherited from rūm — “room, space”
  5. inherited from roum — “room, space”
  6. formed as roommate — “room + -mate”
  7. formed as roommateness — “roommate + -ness”

Definitions

  1. The state of individuals being or acting like roommates.

    • The significance of roommateness, for our purposes, is of two kinds. First, it is likely that roommates will become more rapidly acquainted with each other, during the earliest days, than with most of the other men.

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