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flounciness

flounciness noun: the state or quality of being flouncy.

Noun

flounciness (plural flouncinesses)

  1. The state or quality of being flouncy
    • The ostrich can loosen the feathers to help dissipate body heat or draw them close to conserve it. That flounciness is also the quality that has caused human fashion to repeatedly fall in and out of love with ostrich feathers.2020 August 4, Richard Conniff, “They may look goofy, but ostriches are nobody’s fool”, in National Geographic Magazine

Forms of flounciness

pluralflouncinesses

Questions about flounciness

What does flounciness mean?
Flounciness means the state or quality of being flouncy.
What part of speech is flounciness?
Flounciness is a noun.
What is the plural of flounciness?
The plural of flounciness is flouncinesses.

Words near flounciness in the dictionary

  1. flounces
  2. flouncey
  3. flouncier
  4. flounciest
  5. flouncily
  6. flounciness
  7. flouncing
  8. flouncingly
  9. flouncings
  10. flouncy
  11. flounder

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