gaspingness

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

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noun

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"“It is a proof before the letter, Mr Powderell—the painter is not known,” answered Trumbull, with a certain gaspingness in his last words, after which he pursed up his lips and stared round him."
"It will, I think, be conceded that the rule, so stated, appears very arbitrary to a class; and I suppose that many teachers, like myself, have experienced “a certain gaspingness” in laying it down."

From gasping + -ness.

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