secondariness

English

Etymology

secondary +‎ -ness

Noun

secondariness (uncountable)

  1. The state of being secondary.
    • 1884, Margaret Oliphant, The Wizard's Son:
      To follow all his movements and thoughts as well as she could with wistful secondariness

References
  • secondariness in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
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