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-nesse

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See also: nesse

English

Suffix

-nesse

Obsolete spelling of -ness.

Middle English

Alternative forms

-ness, -nes, -nece, -nesce, -nisse, -nis, -næse, -næs, -nez

Etymology

From the oblique forms of Old English -nes, from Proto-West Germanic *-nassī, from Proto-Germanic *-inassuz.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /-nɛs(ə)/

Suffix

-nesse (plural -nessen or -nesses)

Affixed to adjectives to form abstract nouns which denote a quality, state or condition.

Derived terms

Middle English terms suffixed with -nesse

schamefastnesse

unstedefastnesse

Descendants

English: -ness
Scots: -nes

See also

-hede

References

“-nes(se, suf.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 9 April 2018.

Old English

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /nes.se/

Suffix

-nesse

inflection of -nes:
1. accusative/genitive/dative singular
2. nominative/accusative plural

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