-ness

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-ness

  1. lo stato di, la qualità di (preceduto da un aggettivo); equivalente di -ezza, -ità

IPA: /nəs/

Dall'anglosassone -nes, -nis; a sua volta dal germanico -nassus, alterazione di -assus.