HOLLOWNESS

insincerity, falseness, hollowness

(noun) the quality of not being open or truthful; deceitful or hypocritical

hollowness

(noun) the property of having a sunken area

hollowness

(noun) the state of being hollow: having an empty space within

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

hollowness (usually uncountable, plural hollownesses)

The state or quality of being hollow.

Source: Wiktionary


Hol"low*ness, n.

1. State of being hollow. Bacon.

2. Insincerity; unsoundness; treachery. South.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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ACERVULUS

(noun) small asexual fruiting body resembling a cushion or blister consisting of a mat of hyphae that is produced on a host by some fungi


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