Jaggedness

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 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. 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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