taperness
nounEtymology From taper + -ness.
1
The quality or state of being tapered; tapering form.
- written a. 1763, William Shenstone, "On Taste", collected in Essays on Men and Manners A Corinthian pillar has some beauty dependent on its variety and smoothness; which I would call absolute; it has also a relative beauty, dependent on its taperness and foliage