Definitions

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun the condition of living or the state of being alive.
  • noun having animal life as distinguished from plant life.

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  • noun The state of being alive; exuberance, intensity.

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  • noun the condition of living or the state of being alive
  • noun the property of being animated; having animal life as distinguished from plant life

Etymologies

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alive +‎ -ness

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