Skyness

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The essence of what it means to be the sky; the qualities that make the sky what it is. uncountable

    "[…] the sky surrounding us, so alive and immediate I felt I could almost put out my hand and immerse it in 'skyness'."

Example

More examples

"[…] the sky surrounding us, so alive and immediate I felt I could almost put out my hand and immerse it in 'skyness'."

Etymology

From sky + -ness.

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