noun
Meaning 1
The state or quality of being tame.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
tameness
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noun
Meaning 2
The result or product of being tame.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, rare
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
the attribute of having been domesticated
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: domestication
Antonyms: wildness
Broader terms: tractability, tractableness, flexibility
noun
Meaning 4
the quality of being vapid and unsophisticated
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: jejunity, jejuneness, vapidity, vapidness
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: dullness
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English tame Proto-Germanic *-in- Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh2yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h2ti Proto-Germanic *-ōną Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English tameness From tame + -ness.
Across languages
Translations
4 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Finnish: kesyys — state or quality of being tame
- French: mansuétude — state or quality of being tame
- Galician: mansedume — state or quality of being tame
- Spanish: insipidez — state or quality of being tame