Meanings
nounexceptiousness (uncountable)
- obsoleteuncountableThe quality of being exceptious.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰ
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰs
- Proto-Italic*eks
- Latinex
- Latinex-
- Proto-Indo-European*kap-
- Proto-Indo-European*kapyéti
- Proto-Italic*kapjō
- Latincapiō
- Latinexcipiō
- Latinexceptiō
- Old Frenchexcepcion
- Anglo-Normanexcepcioun
- Middle Englishexception
- Englishexception
- Proto-Indo-European*h₃ed-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₃édosder.?
- Englishexceptious
- Englishexceptiousness
From exceptious + -ness.
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exceptiousness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/exceptiousness
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“exceptiousness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/exceptiousness. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “exceptiousness,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/exceptiousness.
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