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duckiness

duckiness noun: the quality of being like a duck (the aquatic bird).

Noun

duckiness (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being like a duck (the aquatic bird).
    • Or was the opposite true—a duck was created with an inherent element of duckiness that informed its growth from the egg itself?2014, Edward W. Robertson, The White Tree
  2. (archaic, slang) The quality of being fine or good; excellence.
    • […] the sun was quite hot, so I was able to have my pink parasol up the whole time, and words can't express its tremendous duckiness.1905, The Strand, volume 30, page 32

Origin of duckiness

From ducky + -ness.

Questions about duckiness

What does duckiness mean?
Duckiness means the quality of being like a duck (the aquatic bird).
What part of speech is duckiness?
Duckiness is a noun.

Words near duckiness in the dictionary

  1. duckie
  2. duckier
  3. duckies
  4. duckiest
  5. duckin'
  6. duckiness
  7. ducking
  8. ducking and covering
  9. ducking and diving
  10. ducking coat
  11. ducking coats

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