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alliaceousness en · NOUN

Etymology

From alliaceous + -ness.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) The quality of being alliaceous; garlickiness or onioniness.
    • There is, for example, the hamburg-steak, of which the alliaceousness can seduce all but saints and the worst of dyspeptics. 1961, Xavier Herbert, Soldiers' Women, Netley, SA: Fontana Books, published 1978, page 175: