Bananahood
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 The property or state of being a banana, chiefly in various idiomatic contexts. rare, uncountable
"Ordinary, non-metaphorical, exemplification is unproblematic. All of the instances of exemplification considered so far are non-metaphorical. The paint chip literally can exemplify the property of being teal since it literally is teal. The banana literally exemplifies bananahood since it really is bananoid."
Example
More examples"Ordinary, non-metaphorical, exemplification is unproblematic. All of the instances of exemplification considered so far are non-metaphorical. The paint chip literally can exemplify the property of being teal since it literally is teal. The banana literally exemplifies bananahood since it really is bananoid."
Etymology
From banana + -hood.
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