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friskiness

friskiness noun: the characteristic or quality of being frisky.

Noun

friskiness (usually uncountable, plural friskinesses)

  1. (usually) The characteristic or quality of being frisky.
    • So he let all his chances go by, and the nurses, piqued, let the raw, shy, diffident Australian go by, sensing in him a depth of despair so profound that it made their little games and friskinesses ring as hollow and brittle as the glass balls they hung on the Christmas tree.1944, Sarah Campion, The Pommy Cow, page 159

Forms of friskiness

pluralfriskinesses

Origin of friskiness

From frisky + -ness.

Questions about friskiness

What does friskiness mean?
Friskiness means the characteristic or quality of being frisky.
What part of speech is friskiness?
Friskiness is a noun.
What is the plural of friskiness?
The plural of friskiness is friskinesses.

Words near friskiness in the dictionary

  1. friskets
  2. friskful
  3. friskier
  4. friskiest
  5. friskily
  6. friskiness
  7. friskinesses
  8. frisking
  9. frisking someone's cly
  10. friskingly
  11. friskings

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