[f. as prec. + -NESS.] The quality of being counterfeit.
1557. Cheke, Lett., in Ascham’s Scholem. (Arb.), Pref. 5. Then doth our tung naturallie … vtter her meaning, when she bouroweth no counterfeitness of other tunges to attire her self withall.
1645. R. Garner, Treat. Baptisme, 3. The first Touchstone … whereby the … counterfeitnesse of the same will be discovered.
