solitariness

nounaloneness

Word Origin & History

mid-14c., "alone, living alone," from Old French solitaire, from Latin solitarius "alone, lonely, isolated," from solitas "loneliness, solitude," from solus "alone" (see sole (adj.)). Meaning "single, sole, only" is from 1742. Related: Solitarily; solitariness. As a noun from late 14c.; from 1854 as short for solitary confinement (that phrase recorded from 1817).

Example Sentences for solitariness

On his table was the dust of solitariness; and with his finger he wrote in it "Forever."

Reardon had not been to call, but Jeff was too sick of solitariness to mind that.

One important limitation, however, belongs to this statement of solitariness.

It is loneliness—it is solitariness itself——' and he shuddered.

Your opportunity, for the solitariness of two, will be limited.

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