"farness" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: farnesses [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English fernesse, from Old English feornes (“farness, distance”), equivalent to far + -ness. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|fernesse}} Middle English fernesse, {{inh|en|ang|feornes|t=farness, distance}} Old English feornes (“farness, distance”), {{af|en|far|-ness}} far + -ness Head templates: {{en-noun|-|+}} farness (usually uncountable, plural farnesses)
  1. The state of being far off, or the degree to which something is far; distance, span; remoteness Tags: uncountable, usually Synonyms: awayness, distance, remoteness, remove Translations (state of being far off, or the degree to which something is far): longidão [feminine] (Portuguese), fag (Volapük)
    Sense id: en-farness-en-noun-DmdLJI09 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ness

Inflected forms

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