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campiness

campiness noun: the quality of being campy.

Noun

campiness (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being campy.
    • Still, here, as in the calculated Gong Show campiness of El Grande de Coca-Cola[…], excellence would simply get in the way.1988 January 8, Lawrence Bommer, “Live Dancers Tonite”, in Chicago Reader
    • Sometimes you embrace the danger of unintentional campiness. I'm not afraid to make State Fair as bright and colorful as possible and put bunch of prints and plaids on actors, and make it all saccharine-sweet.2010 September, Lou Bird, quoted in "What It's Like to be a Costume Designer", St. Louis magazine, ISSN 1090-5723, volume 16, issue 9, page 32
    Synonyms:
    campness

Synonyms of campiness

Origin of campiness

From campy + -ness.

Questions about campiness

What does campiness mean?
Campiness means the quality of being campy.
What part of speech is campiness?
Campiness is a noun.

Words near campiness in the dictionary

  1. campin'
  2. Campinarana
  3. Campinas
  4. Campine
  5. Campines
  6. campiness
  7. camping
  8. camping chair
  9. camping chairs
  10. camping coach
  11. camping coaches

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