fastness
Fastness (noun) means the quality or state of being fast (in various senses).
Etymology
From Middle English fastnes, fastnesse (“immovableness, stability; firmness, solidness; secure attachment; constancy; obstinacy; something giving firmness or strength; of sleep: soundness; of a wound: healing; assurance, confirmation”) [and other forms], from Old English fæstnes (“fastness, firmness, stability; resolution; tenacity; vigour; firmament; fortification”) [and other forms], from fæst (“firm, stable; constant”) (from Proto-Germanic *fastuz (“firm, fixed; secure”); see further at that entry) + -nes (suffix forming abstract nouns denoting a quality or state). The English word may be analysed as fast + -ness.
Rhymes for fastness
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What is the meaning of fastness?
"fastness" (noun) means the quality or state of being fast (in various senses).
What are the different meanings of fastness?
"fastness" has 3 main meanings: 1. The quality or state of being fast (in various senses); 2. The quality or state of being strongly attached; firmness, secureness, tenacity; 3. The ability of a dye to withstand fading.