sickerness

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. the state, condition, or quality of being certain; certainty; assurance.
  2. security; safety; freedom from danger.

Word forms

sickerness

Etymology

From Middle English sikirnes, sikernesse, Old English sicornes (“certainty; secureness”), equivalent to sicker (“secure”) + -ness.

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