The quality or state of being alimentary; the characteristic of relating to or promoting nourishment and digestion.
Derived from 'alimentary' plus the suffix '-ness,' which converts adjectives to abstract nouns describing qualities. This follows standard English nominalization patterns.
The '-ness' suffix is one of English's oldest tools for creating abstract concepts—it's been turning adjectives into nouns for over a thousand years, from 'happiness' to 'alimentariness,' letting us discuss qualities as things in themselves.
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