clubbiness en · NOUN
Etymology
Etymology tree English clubby 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 clubbiness From clubby + -ness.
Meanings
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(uncountable) A tendency or choice to socialise only within a limited circle.
The WASPs’ clubbiness naturally begets insider trading[…].
2007 July 8, John Leland, “The Devil Wears Florsheim”, in New York Times:
- (uncountable) The state or quality of being clubby, of resembling a small, selective group.