draughtiness en · NOUN
Etymology
Etymology tree English draughty 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 draughtiness From draughty + -ness.
Meanings
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(UK, uncountable) Standard spelling of draftiness.
But the modest gain in comfort and operating convenience so secured has been more than offset, in my experience, by the draughtiness of the standard cab.
1953 June, Cecil J. Allen, “British Locomotive Practice and Performance”, in Railway Magazine, page 396: