"artlessness" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: artlessnesses [plural]
Etymology: Etymology tree English artless Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English artlessness From artless + -ness. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|artless|-ness|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree English artless Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English artlessness [Appendix:Glossary#inherited|Inherited]] from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*-atjaną", "lang" : "gem-pro" }, { "id" : "nominative", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "action noun", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-tus", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*-þuz", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*-assuz", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*-inassuz", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-West Germanic", "term" : "*-nassī", "lang" : "gmw-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Old English", "term" : "-nes", "lang" : "ang" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "-nesse", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-ness", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "artlessness", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="artlessness"> From artless + -ness. Head templates: {{en-noun|-|+}} artlessness (usually uncountable, plural artlessnesses)
  1. the state or quality of being artless Tags: uncountable, usually Translations (the state of being artless): ionracas [masculine] (Irish), nádúrthacht [feminine] (Irish), ingenuidad [feminine] (Spanish), candidez [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-artlessness-en-noun-hGMtYRwM Disambiguation of 'the state of being artless': 65 35
  2. the state or quality of being innocent; naïveté Tags: uncountable, usually
    Sense id: en-artlessness-en-noun-N4dKTo~i Categories (other): English entries with etymology texts, English entries with etymology trees, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ness, Entries with translation boxes, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Pages with etymology trees, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with etymology texts: 23 77 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology trees: 23 77 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 17 83 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ness: 12 88 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 4 96 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 7 93 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 7 93 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 97 Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 4 96 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 8 92 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 2 98
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (innocence): inocencia [feminine] (Spanish)
Disambiguation of 'innocence': 49 51

Inflected forms

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