somewhatness

noun

Etymology

From somewhat + -ness.

  1. inherited from *kʷód
  2. inherited from *hwat
  3. inherited from *hwat
  4. inherited from hwæt
  5. inherited from what
  6. compounded as somewhat — “some + what
  7. suffixed as somewhatness — “somewhat + ness

Definitions

  1. The property of being a tangible or identifiable thing.

    • Energy doubtless "is," but it is not possessed of "somewhatness." The definitions of energy are all unsatisfactory; the most common one is that energy is the capacity for doing work.
    • He grasps the fourfold emptiness disclosed in the words: "I am nowhere a somewhatness for any one, and nowhere for me is there a somewhatness of any one."

The neighborhood

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