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squabness

squabness noun: the quality of being like a squab.

Noun

squabness (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being like a squab
    • One is a gifted maiden poetess (I am certain she is a gifted maiden poetess), whose squabness of contour, sharpness and redness of nose, and general forty-fiveness of aspect, a little mars the romantic effect of the oleanders which she loves to stick in her hair.1866, Mary Brotherton, “Karl's First Love”, in Temple Bar, volume 18, Richard Bentley, page 271
    • Squabness appear to be the special characteristic of early Hindu architecture; and it had affinities for the grotesque.1891, "Critical Notices", The Calcutta Review, volume 183, Thomas S. Smith, page v

Origin of squabness

From squab + -ness.

Questions about squabness

What does squabness mean?
Squabness means the quality of being like a squab.
What part of speech is squabness?
Squabness is a noun.

Words near squabness in the dictionary

  1. squabbling bleeders
  2. squabblingly
  3. squabblings
  4. squabbly
  5. squabby
  6. squabness
  7. squabs
  8. squacco
  9. squacco heron
  10. squacco herons
  11. squaccos

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