Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The quality or state of being original.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun rare The quality of being original; originality.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The state or condition of being
original .
Etymologies
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original + -ness
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Examples
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Taiga soils of Transbaykalia in relation to the originalness of soils in the permafrost taiga region
xml's Blinklist.com 2008
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