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pottiness

pottiness noun: the quality of being potty.

Noun

pottiness (usually uncountable, plural pottinesses)

  1. (usually) The quality of being potty.
    • It’s all very well for the Warden to talk about an open mind, but we shall all feel perfectly ghastly wondering what other people are thinking about us, and whether our own conversation doesn’t sound a little potty. It’s the pottiness, you know, that’s so awful.1935, Dorothy L. Sayers, Gaudy Night

Forms of pottiness

pluralpottinesses

Origin of pottiness

From potty + -ness.

Questions about pottiness

What does pottiness mean?
Pottiness means the quality of being potty.
What part of speech is pottiness?
Pottiness is a noun.
What is the plural of pottiness?
The plural of pottiness is pottinesses.

Words near pottiness in the dictionary

  1. pottied
  2. pottier
  3. potties
  4. pottiest
  5. pottily
  6. pottiness
  7. pottinesses
  8. potting
  9. potting compost
  10. potting composts
  11. potting mix

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