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porkiness

porkiness noun: the quality of being porky.

Noun

porkiness (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being porky.
    • It would be like a Macy's Thanksgiving Day balloon in a small room — Porky Pig blown to his full girth, crushing everyone inside with his porkiness.2004, Stephen Fife, Best revenge, page 19
    • Have you ever placed a vanishingly thin morsel of rosy meat on your tongue and had it fill your mouth with deepest porkiness, or the aroma of tropical fruits, or caramel, or chocolate?2009 June 3, Harold Mcgee, “Bringing Flavor Back to the Ham”, in New York Times

Origin of porkiness

From porky + -ness.

Questions about porkiness

What does porkiness mean?
Porkiness means the quality of being porky.
What part of speech is porkiness?
Porkiness is a noun.

Words near porkiness in the dictionary

  1. porkie
  2. porkier
  3. porkies
  4. porkiest
  5. porkily
  6. porkiness
  7. porking
  8. porking out
  9. porking up
  10. Porkis
  11. porkish

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