Currentness
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The state or quality of being current. uncountable
"Other vertues have had little or no currantnesse at all in this age: But valour is become popular by reason of our civill warres[…]."
- 2 the property of belonging to the present time wordnet
- 3 Easiness of pronunciation; fluency. obsolete, uncountable
"When currentness [combineth] with staidness, how can the language[…]sound other than most full of sweetness?"
Example
More examples"Other vertues have had little or no currantnesse at all in this age: But valour is become popular by reason of our civill warres[…]."
Etymology
From current + -ness.
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