"woodenness" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: woodennesses [plural]
Etymology: wooden + -ness Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|wooden|ness}} wooden + -ness Head templates: {{en-noun|-|+}} woodenness (usually uncountable, plural woodennesses)
  1. The state of being wooden (often in a figurative sense). Tags: uncountable, usually
    Sense id: en-woodenness-en-noun-LQUFm~rd Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ness

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1859, Henry David Thoreau, A Plea for Captain John Brown",
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