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kleenices

kleenices is the plural of kleenex.

Meaning of kleenex

Noun

kleenex (plural kleenexes or (humorous) kleenices)

  1. (Canada, US) A disposable tissue.
    • Could you hand me a kleenex? My nose is running.

Noun capitalized: Kleenices

Kleenices

  1. (humorous, plural) plural of Kleenex
    • Meet Exact Esther, who bought a box of Kleenices.1933 October 7, “The Pilot House”, in Virginian-Pilot and the Norfolk Landmark, volume CXXXI, number 7, Norfolk, Va.: Norfolk Newspapers, →OCLC, page 4, column 4
    • There are a few little air leaks—like behind the refrigerator but I’ve plugged them with Kleenices.1960, John Steinbeck, “To Elaine Steinbeck”, in Elaine A[nderson] Steinbeck, Robert Wallsten, editors, Steinbeck: A Life in Letters, New York, N.Y.: The Viking Press, published 1975, →ISBN, page 689

Origin of kleenices

As though kleenex were pluralized in the manner of Latin third declension nouns. By surface analysis, kleenex + -i- + -ces.

As though Kleenex were pluralized in the manner of Latin third declension nouns. By surface analysis, Kleenex + -i- + -ces.

Questions about kleenices

What is kleenices the plural of?
Kleenices is the plural of kleenex.
What part of speech is kleenices?
Kleenices is a noun.

Words near kleenices in the dictionary

  1. kleeneboc
  2. kleenebok
  3. kleenex
  4. Kleenex testing
  5. kleenexes
  6. kleenices
  7. Klees
  8. Kleeschulte
  9. Kleeschultes
  10. Kleeses
  11. kleestengel

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