Figurative. The chief peculiarity of the adolescent's existence is its…phase of transition from childhood to manhood, a phase of uprootedness and drastic change (Harper's).
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
root´ed|ness — root|ed «ROO tihd, RUT ihd», adjective. 1. having roots. 2. Figurative. having taken root; firmly fixed: »a deeply rooted belief. –root´ed|ly, adverb. –root´ed|ness, noun … Useful english dictionary
root´less|ness — root|less «ROOT lihs, RUT », adjective. having no roots; not firmly fixed or established; not rooted. –root´less|ness, noun … Useful english dictionary
root|i|ness — «ROO tee nihs, RUT ee », noun. the quality of being rooty … Useful english dictionary
ness — ness·ber·ry; ness·ler·iza·tion; ness·ler·ize; ness·ler s; new·fan·gled·ness; new·ness; news·i·ness; nice·ness; nig·gard·li·ness; nig·gard·ness; nigh·ness; nip·pi·ness; no·ble·ness; nois·i·ness; non·cha·lant·ness; north·er·li·ness; north·ness;… … English syllables
root´ed|ly — root|ed «ROO tihd, RUT ihd», adjective. 1. having roots. 2. Figurative. having taken root; firmly fixed: »a deeply rooted belief. –root´ed|ly, adverb. –root´ed|ness, noun … Useful english dictionary
root|ed — «ROO tihd, RUT ihd», adjective. 1. having roots. 2. Figurative. having taken root; firmly fixed: »a deeply rooted belief. –root´ed|ly, adverb. –root´ed|ness, noun … Useful english dictionary
root|less — «ROOT lihs, RUT », adjective. having no roots; not firmly fixed or established; not rooted. –root´less|ness, noun … Useful english dictionary
root — ab·scess·root; al·oe·root; al·root; al·um·root; amy·root; arrow·root; bab·root; beth·root; big·root; che·root; clove·root; cos·tus·root; crinkle·root; dis·root; ed·dy·root; en·root; pi·root; root·age; root; root·ed·ly; root·ed·ness; root·ery;… … English syllables
Ness — Ness, n. [AS. n[ae]s, ns; akin to Icel. nes, Sw. n[ a]s, Dan. n[ae]s, and E. nose. [root] 261. See {Nose}.] A promontory; a cape; a headland. Hakluyt. [1913 Webster] Note: Ness is frequently used as a suffix in the names of places and… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
-ness — suffix denoting action, quality, or state, attached to an adjective or past participle to form an abstract noun, from O.E. nes(s), from West Germanic *in assu (Cf. O.S. nissi, M.Du. nisse, Du. nis, O.H.G. nissa, Ger. nis, Goth. inassus), from *… … Etymology dictionary
