Etymology

feelness

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Today it means: The state, condition, or quality of feeling; perception; sensitivity Full definition →

Middle English fēlnes ← Old English ġefēlnes
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  1. Old English · inherited fromġefēlnes“sensitivity; feeling”
  2. Middle English · inherited fromfēlnes“perception”
  3. English todayfeelness

From feel + -ness, or perhaps continuing Middle English fēlnes (“perception”), from Old English ġefēlnes (“sensitivity; feeling”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.