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cattiness

cattiness noun: the quality of being catty; cattishness.

Noun

cattiness (usually uncountable, plural cattinesses)

  1. (usually) The quality of being catty; cattishness
    • Who had been tapped for the new society, and why, had become a topic of local gossip, conjecture, and even cattiness.2004 Ward Hunt et.al. - James Bowdoin and the Patriot Philosophers

Forms of cattiness

pluralcattinesses

Origin of cattiness

From catty + -ness.

Questions about cattiness

What does cattiness mean?
Cattiness means the quality of being catty; cattishness.
What part of speech is cattiness?
Cattiness is a noun.
What is the plural of cattiness?
The plural of cattiness is cattinesses.

Words near cattiness in the dictionary

  1. cattiest
  2. Cattigara
  3. cattiite
  4. cattily
  5. cattimandoo
  6. cattiness
  7. cattinesses
  8. catting
  9. catting around
  10. cattish
  11. cattishly

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