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threadbarity

threadbarity noun: threadbareness.

Noun

threadbarity (uncountable)

  1. (rare) Threadbareness.
    • The unsuccessful artist, certainly, is sometimes a most picturesque creature. So is the model. The rags and duds and threadbarity too often enter largely into the picturesque.1892, Sir Walter Besant, The Ivory Gate, page 68
    • […] and you will find yourself wondering if it could be true, that a town could join in such spontaneous holiday, […] despite tuberculosis, despite threadbarity, despite pennilessness […]2015, Jean LeBlanc, Skating in Concord, page 79

Origin of threadbarity

From threadbare + -ity.

Questions about threadbarity

What does threadbarity mean?
Threadbarity means threadbareness.
What part of speech is threadbarity?
Threadbarity is a noun.

Words near threadbarity in the dictionary

  1. threadable
  2. threadbare
  3. threadbareness
  4. threadbarer
  5. threadbarest
  6. threadbarity
  7. threaded
  8. threaded the needle
  9. threadedly
  10. threaden
  11. threader

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