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spruceness

spruceness noun: the property of being spruce, of being neat and elegant.

Noun

spruceness (uncountable)

  1. The property of being spruce, of being neat and elegant.
    • There was a slight air of untidiness—or rather, perhaps, an absence of spruceness in any detail—about his general appearance […]1927, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], Max Carrados Mysteries

Origin of spruceness

From spruce + -ness.

Questions about spruceness

What does spruceness mean?
Spruceness means the property of being spruce, of being neat and elegant.
What part of speech is spruceness?
Spruceness is a noun.

Words near spruceness in the dictionary

  1. sprucely
  2. sprucen
  3. sprucen up
  4. sprucened
  5. sprucened up
  6. spruceness
  7. sprucening
  8. sprucening up
  9. sprucens
  10. sprucens up
  11. sprucer

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