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figginess en · NOUN

Etymology

From figgy + -ness. By surface analysis, fig + -y + -ness.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) The state of containing or resembling figs.
    • My first reaction to the idea was that nothing could improve on solitary figginess or raspberriness, so why bother? 2002, Joan Dye Gussow, This Organic Life: Confessions of a Suburban Homesteader, Chelsea Green Publishing, →ISBN, page 126: