lowness
Étymologie
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| lowness \Prononciation ?\ |
lownesses \Prononciation ?\ |
lowness \Prononciation ?\
- Bassesse, état de ce qui est bas.
Then I was forced to rest; and, sitting down on the ground, saw that the glimmering streak of light had faded, and that the awful blackness of the previous night was creeping up again. And now I had no heart to face it, being cowed with hunger, thirst, and weariness; and so flung myself upon my face, that I might not see how dark it was, and groaned for very lowness of spirit.
— (Meade Falkner, Moonfleet, 1898)
- Bassesse, vulgarité.