foreignness

名词 n.
中文释义
美 /ˈfɔɹən.nəs/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The quality of being, appearing, or being perceived as foreign; exoticness, otherness. uncountable
    — The same courteous, automatic greeting […] which by now I understood as a nod to my foreignness, which was obvious to everyone everywhere.
  2. A characteristic that indicates foreignness. countable

词形变化

foreignnesses plural

词源

Etymology tree
English foreign
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 foreignness
From foreign + -ness.
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