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patness|ˈpætnɪs| [f. pat a. + -ness.] The quality or condition of being pat or to the point; suitability to a purpose or occasion; aptness.
1653Waterhouse Apol. Learn. 116 Till the patnesse of the Conviction assured them [etc.]. 1710Life Bp. Stillingfleet 86 A closeness of reference, and patness of similitudes. 1888Clark Russell Death Ship I. 245, I could not but admire the patness of the mechanism to the condition of the ship. |