Meanings
nounverbness (uncountable)
- uncountablegrammarQuality of being a verb.
The verbal patterns of foreign, especially non-Indo-European, languages contrasts so sharply with those of English that the learner virtually has no basis on which to build except a vague concept of "verbness".
1985, Robert Burchfield, The English Language, Oxford: Oxford University Press, page 170
Origin
From verb + -ness. From verb + -ness.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Chinese Mandarin 動詞性 /动词性
- 動詞性 /动词性 (dòngcíxìng)quality of being a verb
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“verbness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/verbness. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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