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warmness

noun

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. More about warmness at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

  1. A positive feeling of liking.
    he had trouble expressing the affection he felt
  2. The quality of having a moderate degree of heat.
    an agreeable warmth in the house

Origin

From Middle English warmnesse, from Old English wearmnes (“warmness, warmth”), from Proto-West Germanic *warmnassī (“warmness, warmth”), equivalent to warm + -ness. Cognate with Scots warmnes (“warmness”), West Frisian waarmens (“warmness”), dialectal Dutch warmenesse, warmnis (“warmness”), German Low German Warmnis (“warmness”).

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