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Vinony

bluffness

noun

  1. abruptness/offhandedness/bluntness of manner
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Wiktionary

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree English bluff 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 bluffness From bluff + -ness.

  1. The quality of being bluff