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lurkiness

lurkiness noun: the state, quality, or condition of being lurky.

Noun

lurkiness (uncountable)

  1. The state, quality, or condition of being lurky
    • The natural solitariness and asperity of a spot, the immobility and lurkiness of the lake, the extreme denseness of the foliage, together with the almost cavernous gloom which such a concurrence of causes produced, were seen in awful contrast [...]1833, Reuben Percy, John Timbs, The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction
    • I've been trying to remember the instructor's full name ever since the tutoring session. I remembered his first name, Paul, but that's all that was coming to mind when he was hovering over me with his hot-ass breath and...I don't know...lurkiness?2016, Ginger Scott, The Falling Series Boxed Set

Origin of lurkiness

From lurky + -ness.

Questions about lurkiness

What does lurkiness mean?
Lurkiness means the state, quality, or condition of being lurky.
What part of speech is lurkiness?
Lurkiness is a noun.

Words near lurkiness in the dictionary

  1. lurkers
  2. lurkership
  3. lurkerships
  4. lurkest
  5. lurketh
  6. lurkiness
  7. lurking
  8. lurkingly
  9. lurkingness
  10. lurkings
  11. lurkish

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