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edginess

edginess noun: the state of being edgy.

Noun

edginess (usually uncountable, plural edginesses)

  1. (usually) The state of being edgy.
    • Fay Lie grabs Isaac Sachs’s elbow. “You’ll remember bumping into Luisa Rey the other day?”
      “I’m one lucky conscript. Hi, Luisa, again.”
      Luisa feels an edginess in his handshake.2004, David Mitchell, “Half-Lives: The First Luisa Rey Mystery”, in Cloud Atlas, →ISBN, page 130

Forms of edginess

pluraledginesses

Origin of edginess

From edgy + -ness.

Questions about edginess

What does edginess mean?
Edginess means the state of being edgy.
What part of speech is edginess?
Edginess is a noun.
What is the plural of edginess?
The plural of edginess is edginesses.

Words near edginess in the dictionary

  1. edgie
  2. edgier
  3. edgiest
  4. edgily
  5. Edgin
  6. edginess
  7. edginesses
  8. edging
  9. edging in
  10. edging out
  11. edging up

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