fulnesse
Middle English
Alternative forms
- fullenesse, fullnes, volnes, volnesse
Etymology
Inherited from Old English fulnes, fylnes; equivalent to ful (“full”) + -nesse.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfulnɛs(ə)/
Noun
fulnesse (uncountable)
- Plenty, profusion; the state of being abundant.
- Satiation, quenching (of hunger or desire)
- (especially theology) Totality, entirety; the whole of something.
- (rare) Completeness; the state of being full.
- (rare) The summation or apex (of a quality)
Descendants
- English: fullness, fulness
References
- “fulnes(se, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.