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alliaceousness

alliaceousness noun: the quality of being alliaceous; garlickiness or onioniness.

Noun

alliaceousness (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being alliaceous; garlickiness or onioniness.
    • There is, for example, the hamburg-steak, of which the alliaceousness can seduce all but saints and the worst of dyspeptics.1961, Xavier Herbert, Soldiers' Women, Netley, SA: Fontana Books, published 1978, page 175

Origin of alliaceousness

From alliaceous + -ness.

Questions about alliaceousness

What does alliaceousness mean?
Alliaceousness means the quality of being alliaceous; garlickiness or onioniness.
What part of speech is alliaceousness?
Alliaceousness is a noun.

Words near alliaceousness in the dictionary

  1. allheal
  2. allheals
  3. allhood
  4. alliable
  5. alliaceous
  6. alliaceousness
  7. alliacol
  8. alliacols
  9. alliak
  10. alliance
  11. allianced

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