taperness

== English == === Etymology === From taper +‎ -ness. === Noun === taperness (uncountable) The quality or state of being tapered; tapering form. written a. 1763, William Shenstone, "On Taste", collected in Essays on Men and Manners A Corinthian pillar has some beauty dependent on its variety and smoothness; which I would call absolute; it has also a relative beauty, dependent on its taperness and foliage === References === “taperness”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. === Anagrams === apertness, præsents