cleanness
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- (British) IPA: /ˈkliːnnəs/
cleanness (uncountable)
- Moral purity; innocence.
- 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, [http://quod.lib.umich.edu/c/cme/MaloryWks2/1:18.6?rgn=div2;view=fulltext chapter vj], in Le Morte Darthur, book XVI:
- Certes sayd the good man that is sothe / for he shalle be the best knyghte of the world and the fairest of alle the felauship / But wete yow wel there shall none atteyne it but by clennes that is pure confession
- 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, [http://quod.lib.umich.edu/c/cme/MaloryWks2/1:18.6?rgn=div2;view=fulltext chapter vj], in Le Morte Darthur, book XVI:
- The state of being physically clean and free of contamination or dirt; cleanliness.
- French: propreté
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