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slagginess

slagginess noun: the state or condition of being slaggy (resembling or containing slag).

Noun

slagginess (uncountable)

  1. The state or condition of being slaggy (resembling or containing slag).
    • The absence of slagginess and vesicularity in the considerable thickness exposed is also against its being a lava.1931, Henry Woodward, Geological magazine
  2. (Australia, New Zealand, UK, derogatory) The condition of being slaggy, or sluttish.

Origin of slagginess

From slaggy + -ness.

Questions about slagginess

What does slagginess mean?
Slagginess means the state or condition of being slaggy (resembling or containing slag).
What part of speech is slagginess?
Slagginess is a noun.

Words near slagginess in the dictionary

  1. slagged off
  2. slagger
  3. slaggers
  4. slaggier
  5. slaggiest
  6. slagginess
  7. slagging
  8. slagging off
  9. slaggy
  10. Slaggyford
  11. slagheap

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