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Dérivé de low, avec le suffixe -ness.

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lowness
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lownesses
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  1. 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)
  2. Bassesse, vulgarité.
    • lownesses of expression.
      La traduction en français de l’exemple manque. (Ajouter)

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