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reastiness

reastiness noun: rancidity.

Noun

reastiness (uncountable)

  1. Rancidity.
    • The smoke clings to me, full of the reastiness of burning hair and pork, making me want to vomit.1956, John Howard Griffin, Nuni

Origin of reastiness

From reasty + -ness.

Questions about reastiness

What does reastiness mean?
Reastiness means rancidity.
What part of speech is reastiness?
Reastiness is a noun.

Words near reastiness in the dictionary

  1. reassuring
  2. reassuringly
  3. reassurings
  4. reast
  5. reasted
  6. reastiness
  7. reasting
  8. reastonish
  9. reastonished
  10. reastonishes
  11. reastonishing

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