Lurkiness

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The state, quality, or condition of being lurky uncountable

    "The natural solitariness and asperity of a spot, the immobility and lurkiness of the lake, the extreme denseness of the foliage, together with the almost cavernous gloom which such a concurrence of causes produced, were seen in awful contrast [...]"

Example

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"The natural solitariness and asperity of a spot, the immobility and lurkiness of the lake, the extreme denseness of the foliage, together with the almost cavernous gloom which such a concurrence of causes produced, were seen in awful contrast [...]"

Etymology

From lurky + -ness.

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