Word.ws English Dictionary

leaviness

leaviness is the obsolete form of leafiness.

Meaning of leafiness

Noun

leafiness (countable and uncountable, plural leafinesses)

  1. The state or condition of being leafy.
    • “But the whole appeal of being out there was inextricably linked to the idea there were lawns and leafiness, so being in a big building didn’t feel like the right thing,” Mr. Patrick said.2007 September 30, Joyce Cohen, “A Recipe for Success”, in New York Times

Origin of leaviness

From leavy + -ness.

Questions about leaviness

What is leaviness the obsolete form of?
Leaviness is the obsolete form of leafiness.

Words near leaviness in the dictionary

  1. leavetaking
  2. leavetakings
  3. leaveth
  4. leavetime
  5. leavin'
  6. leaviness
  7. leaving
  8. leaving a lot to be desired
  9. leaving a mark
  10. leaving a sour taste in one's mouth
  11. leaving alone

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: leaviness (page history and authors); leafiness (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “leaviness.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/leaviness. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.