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dreckness

dreckness noun: the quality of being dreck (junk, garbage).

Noun

dreckness (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being dreck (junk, garbage).
    • In view of this monolithic corporation-sponsored drecknesss settling on the land, it's grotesque to work up a lather about a 20-watt alternative radio station.1996 July 6, Stanley Poss, “Huge influence of big business is ever present”, in The Fresno Bee, Fresno, C.A.: The McClatchy Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 11, column 1
    • Sappy dreckness itself can even work for a story. Kurt Vonnegut put it to good use, but he wasn't pretentious with it (IMO).2005 May 12, Tom Keats, “the contrast!”, in rec.bicycles.misc (Usenet)

Synonyms of dreckness

Origin of dreckness

From dreck + -ness.

Questions about dreckness

What does dreckness mean?
Dreckness means the quality of being dreck (junk, garbage).
What part of speech is dreckness?
Dreckness is a noun.

Words near dreckness in the dictionary

  1. dreckiness
  2. dreckish
  3. dreckitude
  4. dreckley
  5. dreckly
  6. dreckness
  7. drecky
  8. dredgable
  9. dredge
  10. dredge up
  11. dredge-up

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