Clamminess

//ˈklæminəs// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The state of being clammy. uncountable

    "Bread made of Pannick nouriſheth little, and is cold and dry, verie brittle, hauing in it neither clammineſſe, nor fatneſſe; and therefore it drieth a moiſt belly."

  2. 2
    unpleasant wetness wordnet

Example

More examples

"Bread made of Pannick nouriſheth little, and is cold and dry, verie brittle, hauing in it neither clammineſſe, nor fatneſſe; and therefore it drieth a moiſt belly."

Etymology

From clammy + -ness.

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