Suffix -NESS
Suffix -NESS
On the hot day, the coolness of the ice cream cone was refreshing.What does the word coolness mean in the sentence above? If you're not sure, you can break the word into parts.
The word coolness contains two parts: cool and ness. In the word coolness, -ness is the suffix.
A suffix is a group of letters added to the end of a word. A suffix changes the meaning of the word.
The suffix -ness means state or quality of. So the word coolness means the state or quality of being cool.
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