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braininess

braininess noun: the characteristic of being brainy.

Noun

braininess (uncountable)

  1. The characteristic of being brainy.
    • […] any excess of intellect—'braininess' was her word for it—tended to belong, in her eyes, to the 'beastly'.1934, George Orwell, chapter 7, in Burmese Days

Origin of braininess

From brainy + -ness.

Questions about braininess

What does braininess mean?
Braininess means the characteristic of being brainy.
What part of speech is braininess?
Braininess is a noun.

Words near braininess in the dictionary

  1. brainiacs
  2. brainial
  3. brainier
  4. brainiest
  5. brainily
  6. braininess
  7. braining
  8. brainish
  9. brainist
  10. brainists
  11. brainless

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