sickerness
The state, condition, or quality of being certainThe state, condition, or quality of being certain; certainty; assurance.
Meaning
2 senses(obsolete, uncountable)The state, condition, or quality of being certain; certainty; assurance.
(archaic, uncountable)Security; safety; freedom from danger.
Origin
From Middle English sikirnes, sikernesse, Old English sicornes (“certainty; secureness”),From Middle English sikirnes, sikernesse, Old English sicornes (“certainty; secureness”), equivalent to sicker (“secure”) + -ness.
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Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
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