English Explanatory Dictionary

forgetness

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The act of forgetting, or any property associated with it; oblivion; forgetfulness; obliviousness.

Word forms

forgetness

Etymology

Possibly continuing Middle English forgetenes (“forgetfulness”); or recreated in modern times from forget + -ness, modelled after forgiveness. Compare West Frisian ferjitnis (“forgetfulness”), Dutch vergetenis (“forgetfulness”).

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