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poriness

poriness noun: porosity.

Noun

poriness (uncountable)

  1. (archaic) porosity
    • the Poriness of the Bone1676, Richard Wiseman, Severall Chirurgicall Treatises, London: […] E. Flesher and J. Macock, for R[ichard] Royston […], and B[enjamin] Took, […], →OCLC

Origin of poriness

From pory + -ness.

Questions about poriness

What does poriness mean?
Poriness means porosity.
What part of speech is poriness?
Poriness is a noun.

Words near poriness in the dictionary

  1. porifers
  2. poriform
  3. porin
  4. porine
  5. porines
  6. poriness
  7. porinflammatory
  8. poring
  9. poring over
  10. poringly
  11. porings

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