secondariness

English

Etymology

secondary +‎ -ness

Noun

secondariness (uncountable)

The state of being secondary.
- 1884, Margaret Oliphant, The Wizard's Son:
  To follow all his movements and thoughts as well as she could with wistful secondariness

References

“secondariness”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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