Wateriness

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The state of being watery. uncountable, usually

    "In fact, there was such an obvious inclination to wateriness about his eye, and instability about his underlip, that Cripps found it necessary to put the conversation on a less emotional basis."

  2. 2
    the property of resembling the viscosity of water wordnet
  3. 3
    meagerness or poorness connoted by a superfluity of water (in a literary style as well as in a food) wordnet
  4. 4
    the wetness of ground that is covered or soaked with water wordnet

Synonyms

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airinessaqueitycaducitydampdampnessdelicacy

Example

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"In fact, there was such an obvious inclination to wateriness about his eye, and instability about his underlip, that Cripps found it necessary to put the conversation on a less emotional basis."

Etymology

From Middle English watrynesse, equivalent to watery + -ness.

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milk-and-wateriness

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