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cragginess

cragginess noun: the state of being craggy.

Noun

cragginess (usually uncountable, plural cragginesses)

  1. (usually) The state of being craggy.
    • [T]he craggineſſe and ſteepineſſe of places up and dovvn is a great advantage to the dvvellers, and makes them inacceſſible, for they ſerve as Fortreſſes erected by Nature her ſelfe, to protect them from all incurſions: […]1642, James Howell, “Section X”, in Instructions for Forreine Travell. […], London: […] T. B. for Humprey Mosley [i.e., Humphrey Moseley] […], →OCLC, pages 132–133

Forms of cragginess

pluralcragginesses

Origin of cragginess

From craggy + -ness.

Questions about cragginess

What does cragginess mean?
Cragginess means the state of being craggy.
What part of speech is cragginess?
Cragginess is a noun.
What is the plural of cragginess?
The plural of cragginess is cragginesses.

Words near cragginess in the dictionary

  1. craggers
  2. cragges
  3. craggier
  4. craggiest
  5. craggily
  6. cragginess
  7. cragginesses
  8. Craggs
  9. Craggses
  10. craggy
  11. Craghead

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