pottiness en · NOUN
Etymology
From potty + -ness.
Meanings
-
(uncountable, usually) The quality of being potty.
It’s all very well for the Warden to talk about an open mind, but we shall all feel perfectly ghastly wondering what other people are thinking about us, and whether our own conversation doesn’t sound a little potty. It’s the pottiness, you know, that’s so awful.
1935, Dorothy L. Sayers, Gaudy Night:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| pottinesses | Number=Plur | lexicographic |