Halfness

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Halfness \Half"ness\ (h[aum]f"n[e^]s), n.
     The quality of being half; incompleteness. [R.]
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           As soon as there is any departure from simplicity, and
           attempt at halfness, or good for me that is not good


           for him, my neighbor feels the wrong.    --Emerson.
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