Lostness

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The fact or quality of being lost. countable, uncountable

    "It came without warning, and she seemed to collapse on completely on the bed where she was sitting, with a lostness about her which startled me."

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"It came without warning, and she seemed to collapse on completely on the bed where she was sitting, with a lostness about her which startled me."

Etymology

From lost + -ness.

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