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sheerness

noun

Etymology

From sheer + -ness.

  1. derived from *(s)ḱeh₁y-✻ — “luster, gloss, shadow”
  2. inherited from *skīriz✻ — “pure, sheer”
  3. derived from skírr — “pure, bright, clear”
  4. inherited from skyr
  5. inherited from sċīr — “clear, bright; brilliant, gleaming, shining, splendid, resplendent; pure”
  6. inherited from schyre
  7. inherited from *skairiz✻
  8. inherited from sċǣre — “pure, sheer; shining, clear”
  9. inherited from shere
  10. suffixed as sheerness — “sheer + ness”

Definitions

  1. The property of being sheer.

  2. The result or product of being sheer.

  3. A town and civil parish with a town council on the Isle of Sheppey in Swale borough,…

    A town and civil parish with a town council on the Isle of Sheppey in Swale borough, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ9274).

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for sheerness. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA