taperness

English

Etymology

From taper +‎ -ness.

Noun

taperness (uncountable)

1. The quality or state of being tapered; tapering form.
   • written a. 1763, William Shenstone, "On Taste", collected in Essays on Men and Manners

     A Corinthian pillar has some beauty dependent on its variety and smoothness; which I would call absolute; it has also a relative beauty, dependent on its taperness and foliage

References

• “taperness”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• apertness, præsents