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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary
Iteness
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"I don’t know if she might be described as a “former Brownite” but there is nothing former about my iteness, even if I disagreed with the finest peace-time prime minister on something the other day." [From The Independent.]
Does the noun "iteness" have something to do with "a “former Brownite”"?
Thank you.
"I don’t know if she might be described as a “former Brownite” but there is nothing former about my iteness, even if I disagreed with the finest peace-time prime minister on something the other day." [From The Independent.]
Does the noun "iteness" have something to do with "a “former Brownite”"?
Thank you.
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Anonymous Does the noun "iteness" have something to do with "a “former Brownite”"? Yes. It is a coined word, relating to the suffix -ite.
- Anonymous Does the noun "iteness" have something to do with "a “former Brownite”"?
- Yes.
- It is a coined word, relating to the suffix -ite.
- Brown, of course, refers to the former Prime Minister Gordon Brown.
- -ite is a suffix of nouns denoting persons associated with a place, tribe, leader, doctrine, system, etc.
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AnonymousYes. It is a coined word, relating to the suffix -ite. Brown, of course, refers to the former Prime Minister Gordon Brown.
Does the noun "iteness" have something to do with "a “former Brownite”"?
-ite is a suffix of nouns denoting persons associated with a place, tribe, leader, doctrine, system, etc.
Examples - Israelite, Car
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