Holeyness
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The quality of being holey. uncountable
"[…] the final rags soaked well, then washed by hand to scrub and scrub until the fabric died of holeyness."
Example
More examples"[…] the final rags soaked well, then washed by hand to scrub and scrub until the fabric died of holeyness."
Etymology
From holey + -ness. Compare Middle English holynesse (“condition of having pores”).