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pappiness

pappiness noun: quality of being pappy.

Noun

pappiness (uncountable)

  1. Quality of being pappy.
    • A filthy ring of scum dwelt around the inside of the washbasin and the soap took on a repulsive pappiness having lain steeped in a cracked soap dish half full of murky water for days.2013, Michael Taylor, Love Songs

Origin of pappiness

From pappy + -ness.

Questions about pappiness

What does pappiness mean?
Pappiness means quality of being pappy.
What part of speech is pappiness?
Pappiness is a noun.

Words near pappiness in the dictionary

  1. pappiest
  2. pappiferous
  3. pappiform
  4. pappily
  5. Pappinbarra
  6. pappiness
  7. papping
  8. papple
  9. papples
  10. pappodoms
  11. papponymic

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