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doubleness

[ duhb-uhl-nis ]

noun

  1. the quality or condition of being double.
  2. deception or dissimulation.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of doubleness1

Middle English word dating back to 1325–75; double, -ness

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Example Sentences

It must be noted that doubleness of the flower may exist without noticeable sterility.

Doubleness is apparently carried by all the pollen grains of such plants, but only by some of the ovules.

Intelligible matter reappears402 where we also find again the idea of doubleness of everything.

And it was the doubleness of her nature that caused her indecision.

Numenius, 14, also taught the Pythagorean "pair or doubleness."

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