Northernness

See also: northernness

English

Etymology

northern +‎ -ness.

Noun

Northernness (uncountable)

1. A fascination with the northern lands of Britain and Scandinavia, but also a sense of longing for an unattainable, imaginary world.
   • 1955, C. S. Lewis, Surprised by Joy: The Shape of My Early Life, Geoffrey Bles:

     Pure "Northernness" engulfed me: a vision of huge, clear spaces hanging above the Atlantic in the endless twilight of Northern summer, remoteness, severity…and almost at the same moment I knew that I had met this before, long, long ago.