"netherness" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: From Middle English nethernesse, from Old English niþernes (“deepness, the bottom, lowness, a low position”), equivalent to nether + -ness. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|nethernesse}} Middle English nethernesse, {{inh|en|ang|niþernes|t=deepness, the bottom, lowness, a low position}} Old English niþernes (“deepness, the bottom, lowness, a low position”), {{af|en|nether|-ness}} nether + -ness Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} netherness (uncountable)
  1. The state or quality of being nether or beneath; lowness; inferiority. Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-netherness-en-noun-d0bNiNuu
  2. Deepness; depth; abyss. Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-netherness-en-noun-TyDY1Mci Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ness Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 18 82 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ness: 27 73
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: netherty

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