Hearsomeness

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Obedience; submission to authority. rare, uncountable

    "Thus the hearsomeness of the burger felicitates the whole of the polis."

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obedienceobedience

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"Thus the hearsomeness of the burger felicitates the whole of the polis."

Etymology

From Middle English hersumnesse, from Old English hīersumnes (“obedience”), equivalent to hearsome + -ness. Cognate with West Frisian hearsumens (“obedience”).

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