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ge-tingness

  • noun [ feminine ]
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Grammar
ge-tingness, -tyngness, e; f.
Eloquence, ease of speech; facundia
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  • Dumbum he forgeaf getingnysse

    to the dumb he gave eloquence,

    • Homl. Th. i. 26, 12
    • .
  • Of woruldlícre getingnysse

    from worldly eloquence,

    • 578, 4: ii. 140, 30: Swt. A. S. Rdr. 69, 403
    • .
  • Metcundlíc getyngnis

    metrica facundia,

    • Hpt. Gl. 409
    • .
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Word-wheel

  • ge-tingness, n.