See Also: dentine(medicine)
dentine(dictionary)
dentine(dictionary)

inwardness (iou) and dentine (oh)


inwardness (iou)



inwardness noun. LME.
[from INWARD adjective + -NESS.]
The inner part or region; in pl., inner parts, entrails. Only in LME.
Intimacy, familiarity; close friendship. Now rare. L16.
Intrinsic character; inner Nature, essence, or meaning. E17.
The quality or condition of being inward or inside something else. lit. & fig. E17.
a. Depth or intensity of feeling or thought. M19.
Gramophone Arrau plays with sublime inwardness and a flow of rhythm and tone which is uniquely fine.
b. Preoccupation with one's inner self, self-absorption; concern with spiritual or philosophical matters rather than externalities; Spirituality. M19.
D. Prater One whose gift was to be the expression of inwardness and the visionary. A. Brookner The sight of those whom he loved..lifted the veil of inwardness from Oscar's face.

dentine (oh)



the type of bone that your teeth are made of