Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for FIX'ED-NESS
FIX'ED-NESS, n.
- A state of being fixed; stability; firmness; steadfastness; as, a fixedness in religion or politics; fixedness of opinion on any subject.
- The state of a body which resists evaporation or volatilization by heat; as, the fixedness of gold.
- Firm coherence of parts; solidity. Bentley.
Return to page 61 of the letter “F”.