distantness

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noun

The state or quality of being distant or remote.

OriginEnglish distant ← Middle English distaunt ← Old French distant →
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Meanings

noundistantness (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe state or quality of being distant or remote.

    Back then, her distantness seemed dreamy. Romantic, even.

    2020, Brit Bennett, The Vanishing Half, Dialogue Books, page 190

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  2. Proto-Indo-European*trísinflu.
  3. Proto-Indo-European*d(w)is-
  4. Proto-Italic*dis-
  5. Latindis-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*steh₂-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*sth₂éh₁yeti
  8. Proto-Italic*staējō
  9. Proto-Italic*staēō
  10. Latinstō
  11. Latindistō
  12. Latindistāns
  13. Old Frenchdistant
  14. Middle Englishdistaunt
  15. Englishdistant
  16. Englishdistantness

From distant + -ness.

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APA

distantness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/distantness

MLA

“distantness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/distantness. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “distantness,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/distantness.

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