† forgettingnessn.
Obsolete. rare.
Forgetfulness.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > memory > faulty recollection > [noun] > forgetfulness, oblivion
forgetelnessa1000
forgetel-shipc1330
forgetting1340
forgettingnessa1387
obliviona1393
unremembrancec1449
forgetness1474
forgetfulness1477
oubliance1477
obliviousness?1531
oblivium1699
irrecollection1738
obliviscence1775
irretention1827
irretentiveness1849
oblivescence1880
Punjab head1887
a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1865) I. 5 Forȝetingnes all wey kypinge þe craft of a stepdamme, he is enmy of mynde.
a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1869) II. 323 Moyses..made tweie rynges, oon of mynde and anoþer of forȝetyngnesse.
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