aboriginalness

English

Etymology

From aboriginal +‎ -ness.

Noun

aboriginalness (uncountable)

1. The state or condition of being aboriginal.
   • 1851, Herman Melville, Moby-Dick:

     […] those insulated, immemorial, unalterable countries, which even in these modern days still preserve much of the ghostly aboriginalness of earth's primal generations […]

Translations

state or condition of being aboriginal

• Portuguese: aboriginalidade f