Ploverness
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The essence of what it means to be a plover; the qualities that make a plover what it is. nonce-word, uncountable
"He has no problem with Graves painting “what he feels about what he sees,” but for Peterson, it just doesn't work with birds: “The critic will ask 'isn't it just the very essence of ploverness?' My answer is 'hardly; I know too damn much about plovers.'""
Example
More examples"He has no problem with Graves painting “what he feels about what he sees,” but for Peterson, it just doesn't work with birds: “The critic will ask 'isn't it just the very essence of ploverness?' My answer is 'hardly; I know too damn much about plovers.'""
Etymology
From plover + -ness.
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