netherness
The state or quality of being nether or beneathThe state or quality of being nether or beneath; lowness; inferiority.
Meaning
2 senses(uncountable)The state or quality of being nether or beneath; lowness; inferiority.
(uncountable)Deepness; depth; abyss.
Origin
From Middle English nethernesse, from Old English niþernes (“deepness, the bottom, lownessFrom Middle English nethernesse, from Old English niþernes (“deepness, the bottom, lowness, a low position”), from Proto-West Germanic *niþernassī, equivalent to nether + -ness. Cognate with Old High German nidarnassi, nidarnessi (“damnation”).
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Word family
1 related wordsRelatednetherdom
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable