mateyness
The state of being matey, camaraderie, chumminessThe state of being matey, camaraderie, chumminess.
Meaning
1 senses(uncountable)The state of being matey, camaraderie, chumminess.
1993, D. G. Compton, Nomansland, 2011, Orion Publishing, unnumbered page, Harriet didn′t answer. Fovas was a po-faced cow. She′d been right to distrust the mateyness.
Origin
From matey + -ness.From matey + -ness.
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Word family
1 related wordsRelatedmateship
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
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