solitariness

Etymology

From solitary +‎ -ness.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈsɒlɪt(ə)ɹɪnəs/

Noun

solitariness (countable and uncountable, plural solitarinesses)

1. The state or quality of being solitary.
   • 1603, John Florio, transl.; Michel de Montaigne, The Essayes, […], printed at London: […] Edward Blount […], OCLC 946730821:
     , II.8:

     I saw a Deane of S. Hillarie of Poictiers, reduced by reason and the incommoditie of his melancholy to such a continuall solitarinesse, that when I entered into his chamber he had never removed one step out of it in two and twenty yeares before […].

   • Bishop Joseph Hall

     So much as doing good is better than not doing evil, will I account Christian good fellowship better than an eremitish and melancholy solitariness.