The state or quality of being without grace, elegance, or politeness.
From 'graceless' plus '-ness' (the quality of). This layered suffix construction (grace + less + ness) shows how English builds abstract nouns from roots.
English loves stacking suffixes—we can keep adding layers like building blocks: 'grace' → 'graceful' → 'gracefulness' → and even 'gracefulnesses' (plural!). Most languages can't do this!
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