ableness means ability of body or mind. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.
ableness is pronounced /ˈeɪ.bl̩.nəs/.
Etymology
From Middle English abilnes; equivalent to able + -ness.
noun
- Ability of body or mind.“[…]not that we are ſufficient of oure ſelues to thynke eny thinge, as of oure ſelues, but oure ableneſſe commeth of God,[…]”
- The degree to which one is abled or disabled.“In academic discourse, hybridity is out; intersectionality is in. People are imagined as the sum of their race, gender, sexuality, ableness, and other identities.”
- Something one is able to do.“For [Peter] Morriss abilities are the capacities we have which we may use under particular conditions (power in a generic sense). Ablenesses are the abilities when those particular conditions obtain (power in a particular sense).”