cleanness

English

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old English clǣnnes, corresponding to clean +‎ -ness.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkliːnnəs/

Noun

cleanness (usually uncountable, plural cleannesses)

1. Moral purity; innocence.
   • 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, “vj”, in Le Morte Darthur, book XVI:
     :

     Certes sayd the good man that is sothe / for he shalle be the best knyghte of the world and the fairest of alle the felauship / But wete yow wel there shall none atteyne it but by clennes that is pure confession

2. The state of being physically clean and free of contamination or dirt; cleanliness.

Translations

moral purity

• Finnish: puhtaus (fi), viattomuus (fi)
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state of being clean

• Finnish: puhtaus (fi)
• French: propreté (fr) f
• Latvian: tīrība
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• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: renhet (no) m or f, reinhet (no) m or f