Jaggedness
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The state of being jagged. uncountable, usually
"Although his existential thoughts seem to have been tossed onto the page in helter-skelter fashion, what Gilboa does here is to open his mind and heart to the reader through verbal jaggedness and poetic unneatness."
- 2 something irregular like a bump or crack in a smooth surface wordnet
Example
More examples"Although his existential thoughts seem to have been tossed onto the page in helter-skelter fashion, what Gilboa does here is to open his mind and heart to the reader through verbal jaggedness and poetic unneatness."
Etymology
From jagged + -ness.
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