smokiness en · NOUN
Etymology
Etymology tree English smoky 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 smokiness From smoky + -ness.
Meanings
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(uncountable) The state or quality of being smoky.
Then we pass through Bebington station, and, entering a cutting, become aware of the usual signs of approach to an urban area—buildings closing in, an all-round increase in smokiness, and the application of brakes.
1955 January, R. S. McNaught, “From the Severn to the Mersey by Great Western”, in Railway Magazine, page 21:
Translations (4)
pl zadymienie (state or quality) · sv rökighet (state or quality) · fi savuisuus (state or quality) · ga deatachas (state or quality)