fragmentariness

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noun

The quality of being fragmentary.

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Meanings

nounfragmentariness (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe quality of being fragmentary.

    Both French and English had once used parcel to refer to pieces of land that made up an estate, but when it evolved to imply an item of business in both, it retained its connotations of small fragmentariness in French, whereas in English it simply meant a package.

    2022, R. F. Kuang, Babel, HarperVoyager, page 470

Origin

From fragmentary + -ness.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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