ness
English
Etymology
From Middle English nesse (in placenames), from Old English ness, næss, from Proto-Germanic *nasją (“promontory; ness”); cognate with Middle Low German nes, Icelandic nes, Swedish näs, Danish næs. Related to nose.
Pronunciation
- enPR: nĕs, IPA(key): /nɛs/
Audio (US) (file) Audio (AU) (file) - Rhymes: -ɛs
Noun
ness (plural nesses)
- (geography) A promontory; a cape or headland. (Frequently used as a suffix in placenames.)
- 1958: Eric Rücker Eddison, Zimiamvian Trilogy, volume 3: “The Mezentian Gate”, page 177 (Elek Bks.)
- Velvraz Sebarm stands upon the lake, among orange-trees and pomegranates and almonds and peaches of the south, a mile north-west over the water from Zayana town, and two miles by land: an old castle built of honey-coloured marble at the tip of a long sickle-shaped ness that sweeps round southwards, with wild gardens running down in the rocks to the water’s edge, and behind the castle a wood of holm-oaks making a wind-break against the north.
- 1958: Eric Rücker Eddison, Zimiamvian Trilogy, volume 3: “The Mezentian Gate”, page 177 (Elek Bks.)
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References
- ness in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- The Collins English Dictionary, Collins, London & Glasgow 1986
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