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Etymology

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From Middle English blisfulnesse, equivalent to blissful +‎ -ness.

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Noun

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blissfulness (usually uncountable, plural blissfulnesses)

  1. The characteristic of being blissful.
    • 2013, Alexis Wright, The Swan Book, Constable (2016), page 226:
      Oh! My God! The girl had been captured in the blissfulness of being a bride. Look at her!