Awkness
//ˈɔːknəs// noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 wrongness (awkwardness, sinfulness, or ineptitude). obsolete, rare, uncountable
"[…]but the ſkilfull can woꝛke much vpon little, and by his cunning ouercome the awkneſſe of his ſtuffe:"
Example
More examples"[…]but the ſkilfull can woꝛke much vpon little, and by his cunning ouercome the awkneſſe of his ſtuffe:"
Etymology
From awk + -ness.
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