whereness
English
Etymology
where + -ness
Noun
whereness (usually uncountable, plural wherenesses)
- (chiefly philosophy) Location or position.
- 1701, Nehemiah Grew, Cosmologia sacra: or a discourse of the universe as it is the creature and kingdom of God
- A point hath no dimensions, but only a whereness, and is next to nothing.
- 1701, Nehemiah Grew, Cosmologia sacra: or a discourse of the universe as it is the creature and kingdom of God