"patness" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: patnesses [plural]
Etymology: pat + -ness Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|pat|ness}} pat + -ness Head templates: {{en-noun|-|+}} patness (usually uncountable, plural patnesses)
  1. The state or quality of being pat. Tags: uncountable, usually
    Sense id: en-patness-en-noun-Ep2mTn0a Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ness

Inflected forms

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