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figginess

figginess noun: the state of containing or resembling figs.

Noun

figginess (uncountable)

  1. The state of containing or resembling figs.
    • My first reaction to the idea was that nothing could improve on solitary figginess or raspberriness, so why bother?2002, Joan Dye Gussow, This Organic Life: Confessions of a Suburban Homesteader, Chelsea Green Publishing, →ISBN, page 126

Origin of figginess

From figgy + -ness. By surface analysis, fig + -y + -ness.

Questions about figginess

What does figginess mean?
Figginess means the state of containing or resembling figs.
What part of speech is figginess?
Figginess is a noun.

Words near figginess in the dictionary

  1. figgers
  2. figgery
  3. Figges
  4. figgier
  5. figgiest
  6. figginess
  7. figging
  8. figging out
  9. Figgins
  10. figgle
  11. Figgs

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