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-nesse
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See also: nesse
English
Suffix
-nesse
Middle English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From the oblique forms of Old English -nes, from Proto-West Germanic *-nassī, from Proto-Germanic *-inassuz.
Pronunciation
Suffix
-nesse (plural -nessen or -nesses)
- Affixed to adjectives to form abstract nouns which denote a quality, state or condition.
Derived terms
Descendants
See also
References
- “-nes(se, suf.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 9 April 2018.
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Old English
Pronunciation
Suffix
-nesse
- inflection of -nes:
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