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ickiness

ickiness noun: the state or condition of being icky.

Noun

ickiness (countable and uncountable, plural ickinesses)

  1. (uncountable) The state or condition of being icky.
  2. (countable) Something that is icky.
    • Then Sara opened up her teapot to remove the tea bag and gasped, “There is an ickiness in here!” and of course Leroy got all excited and peered in at what first seemed to be a small brain.1988, California - Volume 13, Issues 5-8, page 47
    • If I could pull your mind away from ickinesses—sorry, I don't really like talking about this stuff. . .2008, Shula Klinger, The Kingdom of Strange, page 112

Forms of ickiness

pluralickinesses

Origin of ickiness

From icky + -ness.

Questions about ickiness

What does ickiness mean?
Ickiness means the state or condition of being icky.
What part of speech is ickiness?
Ickiness is a noun.
What is the plural of ickiness?
The plural of ickiness is ickinesses.

Words near ickiness in the dictionary

  1. icker
  2. ickers
  3. ickier
  4. ickiest
  5. ickily
  6. ickiness
  7. ickinesses
  8. Ickis
  9. Ickises
  10. ickle
  11. Ickleford

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