Duckiness

noun, slang

noun, slang ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The quality of being like a duck (the aquatic bird). uncountable

    "Or was the opposite true—a duck was created with an inherent element of duckiness that informed its growth from the egg itself?"

  2. 2
    The quality of being fine or good; excellence. archaic, slang, uncountable

    "[…] the sun was quite hot, so I was able to have my pink parasol up the whole time, and words can't express its tremendous duckiness."

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"Or was the opposite true—a duck was created with an inherent element of duckiness that informed its growth from the egg itself?"

Etymology

From ducky + -ness.

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