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rortyness

rortyness is the alternative spelling of rortiness.

Meaning of rortiness

Noun

rortiness (uncountable)

  1. The state of being rorty; boisterousness; vitality.
    • The National Youth Programme with its multifarious aspects is designed to preserve unimpaired the rortiness of youth so as to be able to turn it to advantage later in life.1938 February, Aline Masters, “Facing the Problems of Youth”, in The Modern Review, volume LXIII, number 2, page 260

Origin of rortyness

From rorty + -ness.

Questions about rortyness

What is rortyness the alternative spelling of?
Rortyness is the alternative spelling of rortiness.

Words near rortyness in the dictionary

  1. rortiness
  2. rorting
  3. rorts
  4. rorty
  5. Rortyan
  6. rortyness
  7. rorulent
  8. rory
  9. rory-cum-tory
  10. rory-tory
  11. ROS

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