Foundedness

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The state of being founded. uncountable

    "[B]ecause of the centuries he has spent dormant in the tumulus, there is a foundedness as well as a lambency about him."

Example

More examples

"[B]ecause of the centuries he has spent dormant in the tumulus, there is a foundedness as well as a lambency about him."

Etymology

From founded + -ness.

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