Clayeyness

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The quality of being clayey. uncountable

    "[…] it destroys acidity already in the soil, and prevents the evolution of more from stagnant water; it corrects excessive sandiness by its clay, and excessive clayeyness by its sand […]"

  2. 2
    The quality of being composed of clay. wordnet
  3. 3
    The quality of resembling clay, i.e. in thickness or consistency. wordnet

Example

More examples

"[…] it destroys acidity already in the soil, and prevents the evolution of more from stagnant water; it corrects excessive sandiness by its clay, and excessive clayeyness by its sand […]"

Etymology

From clayey + -ness.

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