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boxiness

boxiness noun: the condition of being boxy.

Noun

boxiness (uncountable)

  1. The condition of being boxy
    • Instead of the widely sexual beings we have the potential to be, we've been put (and put ourselves) into increasingly shrinking sexual categories. We are brought up to be "homosexual" or "heterosexual." As homosexuals, many of us become "leather queens," "bottoms" or "tops," "chicken queens,"...1981 August 8, Bob Collins, “The New Normals”, in Gay Community News, page 5

Origin of boxiness

From boxy + -ness.

Questions about boxiness

What does boxiness mean?
Boxiness means the condition of being boxy.
What part of speech is boxiness?
Boxiness is a noun.

Words near boxiness in the dictionary

  1. boxicities
  2. boxicity
  3. boxier
  4. boxiest
  5. boxily
  6. boxiness
  7. boxing
  8. boxing and coxing
  9. boxing and locking
  10. boxing bag
  11. boxing bags

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