Woodenness
noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 The state of being wooden (often in a figurative sense). uncountable, usually
"There is hardly a house but is divided against itself, for our foe is the all but universal woodenness of both head and heart, the want of vitality in man, which is the effect of our vice; and hence are begotten fear, superstition, bigotry, persecution, and slavery of all kinds."
- 2 the quality of being wooden and awkward wordnet
Example
More examples"There is hardly a house but is divided against itself, for our foe is the all but universal woodenness of both head and heart, the want of vitality in man, which is the effect of our vice; and hence are begotten fear, superstition, bigotry, persecution, and slavery of all kinds."
Etymology
From wooden + -ness.
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