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How many morphemes does the word stickiness have?

The word "stickiness" has three morphemes:

* stick - This is the base morpheme, meaning "to adhere."

* -y - This is a suffix that turns a noun into an adjective, meaning "having the quality of."

* -ness - This is a suffix that turns an adjective into a noun, meaning "the state or quality of."

So, the word "stickiness" is built up from these three morphemes: stick + y + ness.

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