farness
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle English fernesse, from Old English feornes (“farness, distance”), equivalent to far + -ness.
Noun
[edit]farness (usually uncountable, plural farnesses)
- The state of being far off, or the degree to which something is far; distance, span; remoteness
- 1918, William James, The Principles of Psychology, page 217:
- If I look from a mountain, the things seen are vast in height and breadth, in proportion to the farness of the horizon.
- 1980, Russel Hoban, Riddley Walker, Expanded edition (SciFi), published 1998, →ISBN:
- It's about the same farness from Cambry …
- 2008, Lincoln Caplan, “Who Cares About Executive Supremacy?”, in American Scholar[1], volume 77, number 1, page 20:
- […] the view of presidential power asserted by the administration of George W. Bush stands out for the farness of its far-reaching scope: […]