holeyness en · NOUN
Etymology
From holey + -ness. Compare Middle English holynesse (“condition of having pores”).
Meanings
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(uncountable) The quality of being holey.
After my dishcloths attain holeyness, I give them a decent burial in my compost pile.
2006, Ellen Sandbeck, Organic Housekeeping, Scribner, →ISBN, page 120:But no topologist, however accomplished, can separate a doughnut from its hole. So holeyness is a topological property.
1985 July 11, Ian Stewart, “The knots and strands of mathematical theory”, in The Guardian, page 15, column 2:[…] the final rags soaked well, then washed by hand to scrub and scrub until the fabric died of holeyness.
1969 October 26, Carol Hudson, “Praise for My Grandmother”, in Maine Sunday Telegram, volume 83, number 14, Portland, Me., page 4D, column 1: