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fannishness

fannishness noun: the quality of being fannish; behaviour consistent with being a fan.

Noun

fannishness (uncountable)

  1. (slang) The quality of being fannish; behaviour consistent with being a fan.
    • If you're an ordinarily enthusiastic fan, you may see it or you may not. If your fannishness is of the deckle-edged, double-breasted, inner-tube, twin-cylinder variety, you're sure to know it.1913, Frederick Courtenay Barber, “The Star Ball-Players and Their Earnings”, in Munsey's Magazine, volume 49, page 214
    • In connection with TAFF a furor arose over the definition of a Trufan, the active faction insisting that a trufan exhibit his quality by some sort of fanac -- crifanac for choice -- while others maintained that nomination to or interest in so stefnistic an enterprise as TAFF was sufficient to prove...1959, Richard "Dick" Harris Eney, Fancyclopedia II, True Fan

Antonyms of fannishness

Origin of fannishness

From fannish + -ness.

Questions about fannishness

What does fannishness mean?
Fannishness means the quality of being fannish; behaviour consistent with being a fan.
What part of speech is fannishness?
Fannishness is a noun.

Words near fannishness in the dictionary

  1. fanning the flames
  2. fannings
  3. Fannins
  4. fannish
  5. fannishly
  6. fannishness
  7. Fanno flow
  8. Fanno flows
  9. Fannon
  10. Fannons
  11. Fanns

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