blanknessn.
/ˈblaŋknɪs/ Blank quality or condition.
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the world > matter > colour > state or mode of having colour > absence of colour > [noun]
uncolouredness1660
colourlessness1672
achromatism1797
achromaticity1821
blankness1850
huelessness1861
mirage1927
the world > space > place > absence > fact of being unoccupied > [noun] > emptiness
leernessc1000
vanitya1400
emptinessc1450
inanity1607
vacuation1611
blankness1850
the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > face with expression or expression > [noun] > without expression or expressionless > state or condition
inexpression1796
blankness1850
1850 Fraser's Mag. 41 503 The pale silver, midway between the lustre of the gold and the blankness of the lead.
1868 ‘H. Lee’ Basil Godfrey's Caprice xviii. 105 Kempe's..face fell into final blankness and silence.
1876 W. E. Gladstone Homeric Synchronism 134 The blankness and vagueness of Greek tradition.
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