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biscuitiness

biscuitiness noun: the quality of being biscuity.

Noun

biscuitiness (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being biscuity.
    • They said, you know, the parliamentarians, as soon as we started having a Celtic P.M. that it would bring the spice of romance on to the dry biscuit of statecraft—and the politic-men do so love biscuitiness!—but even they can’t have guessed what romance.1917 February 4, Sunday Pictorial, number 100, page 13
    • Nor does the revolution in Italian white wine making stop with the familiar names. It continues in the fragrant bouquet and greengage-tart fruit on the Lugana Villa Flora 1986 (Arthur Rackhams, £3.99; Waitrose, £3.59); in the delicious almond-biscuitiness of the Vernaccia di San Gimignano 1986 of...1987 September 26, Roger Voss, “Suaver Soaves”, in The Daily Telegraph, number 41,137, page IV

Examples of biscuitiness in a sentence

  • It also provides a really toasty nose: ultra biscuitiness.1988, Serena Sutcliffe, Champagne: The History and Character of the World’s Most Celebrated Wine, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 91:
  • The biscuitiness apparent in every Drappier cuvée could be due to the terroir and the low sulphur regime introduced by Michel Drappier, which accentuates the development process.1993, Wine & Spirit:
  • In the mouth it is dry but refreshing with a biscuitiness over the fruit and a tang of minerals.1996 November 23, Bill Pritchard, “Warming spirit and a spirited sparkler to try”, in Burton Mail, number 30,877, page 3:
  • Old vintage Cava is generally earthy and dull and unrecommendable to anyone who enjoys fizz with freshness and fruit or the kind of rich biscuitiness to be found in mature Champagne.1996, Robert Joseph, The Ultimate Encyclopedia of Wine, Prion, published 1999, →ISBN, page 183:

Origin of biscuitiness

From biscuity + -ness.

Questions about biscuitiness

What does biscuitiness mean?
Biscuitiness means the quality of being biscuity.
How do you use biscuitiness in a sentence?
It also provides a really toasty nose: ultra biscuitiness.
What part of speech is biscuitiness?
Biscuitiness is a noun.

Words near biscuitiness in the dictionary

  1. biscuit-cutters
  2. biscuited
  3. biscuiteer
  4. biscuiteers
  5. Biscuitgate
  6. biscuitiness
  7. biscuiting
  8. biscuitless
  9. biscuitlike
  10. biscuitries
  11. biscuitroot

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