currentness

noun — 2 senses

currentness

noun

Etymology From current + -ness.

1

The state or quality of being current.

  • Other vertues have had little or no currantnesse at all in this age: But valour is become popular by reason of our civill warres[…].1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 17, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:
2

Obsolete Easiness of pronunciation; fluency.

  • When currentness [combineth] with staidness, how can the language[…]sound other than most full of sweetness?1605, M. N. [pseudonym; William Camden], Remaines of a Greater Worke, Concerning Britaine, […], London: […] G[eorge] E[ld] for Simon Waterson, →OCLC:
Synonyms
currency

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