Clamminess
//ˈklæminəs// noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 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 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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