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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The state or condition of being fricative. uncountable
2. 2
   (phonetics) The quality of being produced by air flowing through a constriction in the oral cavity and typically producing a sibilant, hissing, or buzzing quality, as the English /f/ and /s/. wordnet

Etymology

From fricative + -ness.

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