absentness

English

Etymology

absent +‎ -ness

Pronunciation
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈæb.sn̩t.nəs/
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Noun

absentness (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being absent-minded. [First attested in the mid 19th century.][1]

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References
  1. Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “absentness”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 8.
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