startness
English
Etymology
start + -ness
Noun
startness (uncountable)
- (rare) The condition of being started
- 2016 June 25, Zoe Williams, “Toyota Prius car review - ‘I hurtled like a country driver in this goody-two-shoes of the road’”, in The Guardian:
- The button ignition was one of the best I’ve encountered (often they don’t respond quickly enough, and you end up pressing five times before you enter the state of stoppedness or startness you desired).
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