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reaminess en · NOUN

Etymology

From reamy + -ness.

Meanings

  1. (dialectal, uncountable) Creaminess; frothiness.
    • […] the "reaminess" which was so beautiful in the mediæval glass […] 1911, The Builder, page 331:
    • The fine seed from the first reaction is collected together by the new generation of gas, and a healthy boil is produced which gives motion to the metal, thoroughly mixing it so as to dissipate the reaminess caused by the dissolving of the free sand disappears. 1910, Transactions of the American Ceramic Society:
  2. (UK, dialectal, uncountable) Dizziness.