Seventeenness

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The property of being seventeen. rare, uncountable

    "It was the first time in all the largesse of her youth that such a tone had assailed Zoe. The very seventeenness of her revolted; she dropped her attitude."

Example

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"It was the first time in all the largesse of her youth that such a tone had assailed Zoe. The very seventeenness of her revolted; she dropped her attitude."

Etymology

From seventeen + -ness.

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