halfness

English

Etymology

half +‎ -ness

Pronunciation

(US) IPA^(key): /ˈhæfnəs/

Noun

halfness (usually uncountable, plural halfnesses)

The quality of being half; incompleteness.
- 1841, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Compensation:
  As soon as there is any departure from simplicity, and attempt at halfness, or good for me that is not good for him, my neighbor feels the wrong.

References

“halfness”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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