cleanness
English
Etymology
Old English clǣnnes, corresponding to clean + -ness.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈkliːnnəs/
Noun
cleanness (usually uncountable, plural cleannesses)
- Moral purity; innocence.
- 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, chapter vj, in Le Morte Darthur, book XVI:
- Certes sayd the good man that is sothe / for he shalle be the best knyghte of the world and the fairest of alle the felauship / But wete yow wel there shall none atteyne it but by clennes that is pure confession
- 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, chapter vj, in Le Morte Darthur, book XVI:
- The state of being physically clean and free of contamination or dirt; cleanliness.
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