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duckiness en · NOUN

Etymology

From ducky + -ness.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) The quality of being like a duck (the aquatic bird).
    • Or was the opposite true—a duck was created with an inherent element of duckiness that informed its growth from the egg itself? 2014, Edward W. Robertson, The White Tree:
  2. (archaic, slang, uncountable) The quality of being fine or good; excellence.
    • […] the sun was quite hot, so I was able to have my pink parasol up the whole time, and words can't express its tremendous duckiness. 1905, The Strand, volume 30, page 32: