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dagginess

dagginess noun: the quality of being daggy (uncool, unfashionable).

Noun

dagginess (uncountable)

  1. (Australia, slang) The quality of being daggy (uncool, unfashionable).
    • In addition to my anxieties and obsessions about my appearance, I also suffered terribly from unrequited love. Strangely enough, despite my dagginess and poor self-esteem, I still received my fair share of attention from boys. Unfortunately, however, this attention was all from boys who didn't...2012, Kerri Sackville, The Little Book of Anxiety: Confessions From a Worried Life, London: The Robson Press, →ISBN, page 36

Origin of dagginess

From daggy (“uncool, unfashionable”) + -ness. First attested in 1985.

Questions about dagginess

What does dagginess mean?
Dagginess means the quality of being daggy (uncool, unfashionable).
What part of speech is dagginess?
Dagginess is a noun.

Words near dagginess in the dictionary

  1. Daggett County
  2. Daggial
  3. daggier
  4. daggiest
  5. daggily
  6. dagginess
  7. dagging
  8. dagging out
  9. daggings
  10. daggle
  11. daggle-tail

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