ˈEnglishness
[f. as prec. + -ness.]
The quality or state of being English, or of displaying English characteristics.
| 1804 W. Taylor in Robberds Mem. I. 512 The Englishness of several fairy-tales supposed to be French. 1838 New Monthly Mag. LIII. 118 The Englishness of everything about man, woman, and child born in the island. 1884 Athenæum 19 Jan. 93/3 The attraction of the face of the Hon. G. Seymour Conway..lies in its Englishness. |