fellness

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noun

The state or quality of being fell; awfulness, horror, cruelty.

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Meanings

nounfellness (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe state or quality of being fell; awfulness, horror, cruelty.

    For very felnesse lowd he gan to weepe, / And said, Caytiue, cursse on thy cruell hond [...].

    1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto VIII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC

Origin

From fell + -ness.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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