ness

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The psychological distinctness of the affixed elements in an agglutinative term may be even more marked than in the -ness of goodness.

From Language An Introduction to the Study of Speech by Sapir, Edward

Line-end hyphens were retained in past participles in i-, y- and equivalent, and after the prefixes out- and to-; they were omitted before common endings such as -lich, -ship, -ness, -full.

From A Concise Dictionary of Middle English From A.D. 1150 to 1580 by Mayhew, A. L. (Anthony Lawson)

Radical element and affix, while measurably distinct, cannot be torn apart quite so readily as could the good and -ness of goodness.

From Language An Introduction to the Study of Speech by Sapir, Edward

They are common enough, but are they as alive, as little petrified or bookish, as our English -ness and -ful and un-?

From Language An Introduction to the Study of Speech by Sapir, Edward

To be strictly accurate, the significance of the -ness is not quite as inherently determined, as autonomous, as it might be.

From Language An Introduction to the Study of Speech by Sapir, Edward