far-flungness

noun

The state of being far-flung.

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Meanings

nounfar-flungness (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe state of being far-flung.

    The far-flungness of the word, the phenomenological pleasure of finding it variously transformed by Ransom's modernity and Beowulf’s venerability made me feel vaguely something for which again I only found the words years later.

    1999, Seamus Heaney, “Introduction”, in Beowulf, London: Faber and Faber, page xxv

Origin

From far-flung + -ness.

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APA

far-flungness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/far-flungness

MLA

“far-flungness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/far-flungness. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “far-flungness,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/far-flungness.

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