originalnessn.
/əˈrɪdʒn̩lnəs/, /əˈrɪdʒᵻnlnəs/, U.S. /əˈrɪdʒ(ə)nəlnəs/ The quality or fact of being original (in various senses); originality.
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the world > time > relative time > the future or time to come > newness or novelty > [noun] > newness, freshness, or originality
noveltya1398
greenness1544
nap1591
verd1603
virginity1639
originalness1727
originality1782
freshness1807
verdurousness1856
unhackneyedness1884
1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Primigeniousness, originalness, the being the first of the kind.
1761 Acct. of Bks. in Ann. Reg. 279/2 It would be extremely hard to conclude against the general originalness of the performance.
1882 P. Brooks in A. V. G. Allen Phillips Brooks II. 520 It is a certain sense of originalness, of being, as it were, behind the processes of things, and one with the real source of things,—this is what has impressed mankind in Jesus.
1939 Jrnl. Philos. 36 249 Husserl's procedure is to ascend from the lowest and simplest empirical generalities to the highest and purest, seeking out all forms in the originalness of their production.
1998 U. E. Bulag Nationalism & Hybridity in Mongolia 6 This is seen in a number of key symbols and preoccupations, such as virgin soil, animals, dung, milk, heart, mind, ancientness, and ‘originalness’.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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