secretiveness

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The state or characteristic of being secretive. uncountable
    — For a moment he was torn between the secretiveness bred of his position and a human desire to expound his shrewdness.

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Etymology tree
English secretive
Proto-Germanic *-inōną
Proto-Indo-European *-dyé-
Proto-Germanic *-atjaną
Proto-Indo-European *-tus
Proto-Germanic *-þuz
Proto-Germanic *-assuz
Proto-Germanic *-inassuz
Proto-West Germanic *-nassī
Old English -nes
Middle English -nesse
English -ness
English secretiveness
From secretive + -ness.
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