preteritness

English

Alternative forms

• preteriteness

Etymology

From preterit +‎ -ness.

Noun

preteritness (uncountable)

1. The quality or state of being past.

References

• “preteritness”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• interpretess