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taperness

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

The quality or state of being tapered; tapering form.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Examples

  • written a. 1763, William Shenstone, "On Taste", collected in Essays on Men and Manners A Corinthian pillar has some beauty dependent on its variety and smoothness; which I would call absolute; it has also a relative beauty, dependent on its taperness and foliage

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History

Etymology

From taper + -ness.