essentialnessn.
/ɪˈsɛnʃəlnɪs/ The quality or fact of being essential.
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the mind > attention and judgement > importance > [noun] > essentialness
essence?1533
essentialness1640
essentiality1646
the mind > will > necessity > condition of being necessary > [noun]
needOE
needfulnessa1400
necess?a1525
necessariness1552
requisiteness1566
necessitya1572
essence1605
essentialness1640
essentiality1646
necessitation1648
requirement1659
need-be1728
indispensability1793
indispensableness1833
indispensibleness1860
egence1865
requiredness1935
1640 Ld. J. Digby Speech Triennial Parl. 12 The Essentialnes Sir of frequent Parliaments to the happinesse of this King~dome.
a1699 J. Bonnell in W. Hamilton Life & Char. Bonnell (1703) ii. 175 Each endeavouring..to pretend them to be of more Essentialness and Weight in Religion, than indeed they are.
1736 in Bailey
1854 J. Ruskin Lect. Archit. Add. 120 A confusion of the idea of essentialness..with the idea of nobleness.
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n.1640- to get the edge on
- to get the etc end of the stick
- to get the feel of
- to get the full treatment
- to get the gate
- to get the glaik(s
- to get the goods on
- to get the grand bounce
- to get the hang of
- to get the hare's foot to lick
- to get the heck out of dodge
- to get the heels of
- to get the hell out
- to get the hell out of
- to get the hell out of dodge
- to get the hill
- to get the horn
- to get the hot hand
- to get the hots for
- to get the inturn
- to get the jacket
- to get the jump on
- to get the laugh on one's side
- to get the lines crossed
- to get the lowdown