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carrotiness en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree English carroty Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English carrotiness From carroty + -ness.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) The state or quality of being carroty.
    • My soup has the positive constitutive property of being carroty, of having carrots in it; of carrotiness; it has the negative constitutive property of lacking meat, of meatlessness. 1998, George Englebretsen, Line Diagrams for Logic: Drawing Conclusions: