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lurkiness en · NOUN

Etymology

From lurky + -ness.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) The state, quality, or condition of being lurky
    • The natural solitariness and asperity of a spot, the immobility and lurkiness of the lake, the extreme denseness of the foliage, together with the almost cavernous gloom which such a concurrence of causes produced, were seen in awful contrast [...] 1833, Reuben Percy, John Timbs, The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction:
    • I've been trying to remember the instructor's full name ever since the tutoring session. I remembered his first name, Paul, but that's all that was coming to mind when he was hovering over me with his hot-ass breath and...I don't know...lurkiness? 2016, Ginger Scott, The Falling Series Boxed Set: