INDEFINITENESS

indefiniteness, indeterminateness, indefinity, indetermination, indeterminacy

(noun) the quality of being vague and poorly defined

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

indefiniteness (uncountable)

The characteristic of being indefinite.

Source: Wiktionary


In*def"i*nite*ness, n.

Definition: The quality of being indefinite.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Coffee Trivia

The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.

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