forestness

noun

forestness

noun

Etymology From forest + -ness.

1

The quality of being forest.

  • Symphonic music is the best analogy with which I can attempt description: a low bass hum of forestness, of accreted scent (there are many dead things buried here); fleeting piccolo notes that spatter me for a moment and then evaporate […]2005, Toby Litt, Ghost Story:

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