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slubbiness

slubbiness noun: the quality of being slubby; the condition of having slubs.

Noun

slubbiness (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being slubby; the condition of having slubs.
    • For a planned slubbiness, there is a rather devious way to produce an effect known as wobbled yarn, one of the tricks of the old-time spinners.1987, Paula Simmons, Spinning and weaving with wool, published 1977, →ISBN, page 133

Origin of slubbiness

From slubby + -ness.

Questions about slubbiness

What does slubbiness mean?
Slubbiness means the quality of being slubby; the condition of having slubs.
What part of speech is slubbiness?
Slubbiness is a noun.

Words near slubbiness in the dictionary

  1. slubberdegullions
  2. slubbered
  3. slubbering
  4. slubberingly
  5. slubbers
  6. slubbiness
  7. slubbing
  8. slubbings
  9. slubby
  10. slubs
  11. Sluch River

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