welcomenessn.
/ˈwɛlkəmnəs/, U.S. /ˈwɛlkəmnəs/ The state of being welcome or of being welcomed.
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the mind > emotion > pleasure > quality of being pleasant or pleasurable > [noun] > quality of being greeted with pleasure
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the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > courteous act or expression > [noun] > welcome > state of being welcomed
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1620 Swetnam Arraigned (1880) 61 Oh, Madame, I haue such welcomenesse! For me, what is't?
1660 R. Boyle Seraphic Love (1700) §xxv. 151 Yet will they [sc. our joys] really still continue new..upon the scores of their welcomness and Freshness.
1768 L. Sterne Sentimental Journey I. 113 The poor little fellow press'd it [sc. the snuff-box] upon them with a nod of welcomeness..Prenez en—prenez, said he.
1977 R. Barnard Blood Brotherhood vi. 61 The thought of some fearsome affray..came upon him with all the welcomeness of a thunderclap on a picnic party.
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