oakness

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noun

The quality of being oak, or of being an oak tree.

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Meanings

nounoakness (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe quality of being oak, or of being an oak tree.

    The rational detective, of course, is not prepared to bow before oakness and elmness.

    2004, François Gallix, Vanessa Guignery, Crime Fictions: Subverted Codes and New Structures, page 2
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    For Aristotle, an acorn becomes an oak, because it has the essence of oakness within it, which means it should become an oak.

    2007, Siniša Malešević, Mark Haugaard, Ernest Gellner and Contemporary Social Thought, page 86

Origin

From oak + -ness.

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APA

oakness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oakness

MLA

“oakness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oakness. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “oakness,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oakness.

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