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Webster 1913 Edition


Smoulderingness

{

Smol′der-ing-ness

,

Smoul′der-ing-ness

}
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Noun.
The state of smoldering.

Definition 2024


smoulderingness

smoulderingness

English

Noun

smoulderingness (uncountable)

  1. The state of smouldering.
    • James Russell Lowell
      Whether any of our national peculiarities may be traced to our use of stoves, as a certain closeness of the lips in pronunciation, and a smothered smoulderingness of disposition []