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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Foreignness

· For·eign·ness · IPA /ˈfɔɹən.nəs/
01 n. The quality of being foreign; remoteness; want of relation or appropriateness.
  1. 1.
    The quality of being foreign; remoteness; want of relation or appropriateness.
    “Let not the foreignness of the subject hinder you from endeavoring to set me right.” — Locke.
    “A foreignness of complexion.” — G. Eliot.