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campness

campness noun: the quality of being camp.

Noun

campness (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being camp.
    • From its beginning, the group had an “irretrievable air of campness.”2009 January 23, Dwight Garner, “The Mahvelous and the Damned”, in New York Times
    Synonyms:
    campiness

Synonyms of campness

Origin of campness

From camp + -ness.

Questions about campness

What does campness mean?
Campness means the quality of being camp.
What part of speech is campness?
Campness is a noun.

Words near campness in the dictionary

  1. campmate
  2. campmates
  3. campmen
  4. campneoside
  5. campneosides
  6. campness
  7. campo
  8. Campo Filipino
  9. Campo flicker
  10. Campo flickers
  11. Campo Formoso

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