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cragginesses

cragginesses is the plural of cragginess.

Meaning of cragginess

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

Questions about cragginesses

What is cragginesses the plural of?
Cragginesses is the plural of cragginess.

Words near cragginesses in the dictionary

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

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