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restringency

restringency noun: quality or state of being restringent.

Noun

restringency (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) Quality or state of being restringent.
    • the juice being pressed out is immediately pleasant in caste , without any thing of that restringency which it had when incorporated with the meat , or flesh of the Apple1664, J[ohn] E[velyn], Sylva, or A Discourse of Forest-trees and the Propagation of Timber in His Majesties Dominions. […], London: […] Jo[hn] Martyn, and Ja[mes] Allestry, printers to the Royal...
    Synonyms:
    astringency

Synonyms of restringency

Questions about restringency

What does restringency mean?
Restringency means quality or state of being restringent.
What part of speech is restringency?
Restringency is a noun.

Words near restringency in the dictionary

  1. restrikes
  2. restriking
  3. restring
  4. restringe
  5. restringed
  6. restringency
  7. restringent
  8. restringents
  9. restringes
  10. restringing
  11. restringings

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