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smeariness

noun

Etymology

From smeary + -ness.

  1. inherited from *smerwig✻
  2. inherited from smeoruwiġ — “fatty, greasy, unctious, smeary”
  3. inherited from *smery✻
  4. suffixed as smeariness — “smeary + ness”

Definitions

  1. The quality of being smeary.

    • The smeariness of the marble-topped hall table did not offend her.
    • She wore a limp blouse over blue jeans and had the body lines of a teenager, the crooks and skews and smeariness, and a way of merging with furniture, a kind of draped indecision.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA