flabbiness en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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Etymology
Etymology tree English flabby 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 flabbiness From flabby + -ness.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) The characteristic or quality of being flabby
Woona had silently and swiftly backed away; and her ebon face, Ursula saw, had changed into leaden flabbiness with some horrible fear.
1907, Barbara Baynton, edited by Sally Krimmer and Alan Lawson, Human Toll (Portable Australian Authors: Barbara Baynton), St Lucia: University of Queensland Press, published 1980, page 279:April 1891, Robert Louis Stevenson, letter to Edmund Goose There were two, or perhaps three, flabbinesses of style which (in your work) amazed me. Am I right in thinking you were a shade bored over the last chapters?
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| flabbinesses | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Translations (2)
fi vetelyys (being flabby) · fi velttous (being flabby)