noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The state or condition of being nubby. uncountable
2. 2
   looseness or roughness in texture (as of cloth) wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

coarsenesscoarsenesstweediness

Etymology

From nubby + -ness.

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