Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The quality or state of being original.

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

  • noun rare The quality of being original; originality.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun The state or condition of being original.

Etymologies

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original +‎ -ness

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Examples

  • Taiga soils of Transbaykalia in relation to the originalness of soils in the permafrost taiga region

    xml's Blinklist.com 2008

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