aloneness
(əˈləʊnnɪs)
[f. alone + -ness.]
1. The quality or state of being alone or solitary; solitariness, solitude, loneliness.
| 1382 Wyclif Joel ii. 3 After hym aloonenesse [1388 wildirness] of desert. 1564 Haward Eutropius vii. 74 Every manne had bewailed his owne private losse and alonenesse. 1625 Bp. R. Montagu App. Cæsar 61 (T.) God being sibi solus..did communicate himself out of his Alonenesse euerlasting unto somewhat else. 1675 T. Brooks Gold. Key Wks. 1867 V. 588 Don't talk of thy solitariness and aloneness. 1866 Cornh. Mag. Aug. 134 A sharp, sudden thorn of aloneness and utter forlornness. 1877 J. Legge Life Confucius 44 Watchful over his aloneness. |