laxativeness


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laxativeness

(ˈlæksətɪvnəs)
n
the condition or quality of being laxative
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However, that is not always the case: for some bases (e.g., altogether, low, dry), both affixes seem to remain in competition, because they are classified as in use in the OED; for others, forms do not actually co-exist with the sense STATIVE at any point in time: [laxative.sub.N] decays in 1527 (OED2) and laxativeness is attested earliest in 1610 (OED2), [watertight.sub.N] is only attested once in the OED in 1539 (OED3) and watertightness's earliest attestation is in 1826 (OED3).
Nominal competition in present-day English affixation: zero-affixation vs. -ness with the semantic category STATIVE
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