Threadbarity

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Threadbareness. rare, uncountable

    "The unsuccessful artist, certainly, is sometimes a most picturesque creature. So is the model. The rags and duds and threadbarity too often enter largely into the picturesque."

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threadbareness

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"The unsuccessful artist, certainly, is sometimes a most picturesque creature. So is the model. The rags and duds and threadbarity too often enter largely into the picturesque."

Etymology

From threadbare + -ity.

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