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- noun The state of
smouldering .
Etymologies
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smouldering + -ness
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Examples
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D's - Oh the smouldering, the deep, dark smoulderingness of teen awakening ... as written by a Mormon.
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Whether any of our national peculiarities may be traced to our use of stoves, as a certain closeness of the lips in pronunciation, and a smothered smoulderingness of disposition seldom roused to open flame?
The Complete Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell James Russell Lowell 1855
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Whether any of our national peculiarities may be traced to our use of stoves, as a certain closeness of the lips in pronunciation, and a smothered smoulderingness of disposition, seldom roused to open flame?
The Biglow Papers James Russell Lowell 1855
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