fourness

The property or state of being four in number.

Noun

  1. The property or state of being four in number.
    • There is such a thing as threeness, or fourness, and the threeness of three cannot be added to the fourness of four. - 2005, John Dillon, The Heirs of Plato: A Study of the Old Academy (347-274 BC):

    Synonyms: quaternity

Origin

From four + -ness.

Synonyms

fourness quaternity

Hypernyms

manyness