firstness
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]firstness (uncountable)
- The quality of being first; originality; priority
- 1983, Orson Scott Card, The Worthington Chronicle, Ace, →ISBN:
- But it was not swimming and boating again that pleased him. The joy of it was its firstness: never before had a boat rested on the waters of this world; never before had these children seen a human being swim.