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snowflakeness

noun

Etymology

From snowflake + -ness.

  1. derived from *pleh₂-✻
  2. derived from *flaką✻ — “something flat”
  3. derived from flak — “loose or torn piece”
  4. inherited from flacca
  5. inherited from flake — “a flake of snow”
  6. compounded as snowflake — “snow + flake”
  7. suffixed as snowflakeness — “snowflake + ness”

Definitions

  1. The essence or qualities of a snowflake.

    • Another position takes refuge in idiosyncacy—"every child is a unique individual!" True enough. So is very^([sic]) snowflake, yet we possess a theory of snowflakeness.
    • There's an aspect to each maple leaf and snowflake that remains from leaf to leaf and from snowflake to snowflake. It retains each leaf's "maple-leafness" and each snowflake's "snowflakeness."

  2. The state or quality of believing oneself to be special or exceptional.

    • To help you discover your own beauty as a flower. Your own identity as a snowflake - your snowflakeness. You are the only 'you' you will ever know .

The neighborhood

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No curated loop yet for snowflakeness. 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