commonplaceness
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From commonplace + -ness.
Noun
[edit]commonplaceness (uncountable)
- The state or quality of being commonplace.
- 2008, Amitav Ghosh, Sea of Poppies, Penguin, published 2015, page 5:
- Yet, despite the commonplaceness of her appearance, there was one respect in which she stood out from the ordinary: she had light grey eyes, a feature that was unusual in that part of the country.
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