SEEDINESS

shabbiness, seediness, manginess, sleaziness

(noun) a lack of elegance as a consequence of wearing threadbare or dirty clothing

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

seediness (usually uncountable, plural seedinesses)

The property of being seedy (unkempt).

The property of being seedy (full of seeds).

Source: Wiktionary


Seed`i*ness, n.

Definition: The quality or state of being seedy, shabby, or worn out; a state of wretchedness or exhaustion. [Colloq.] G. Eliot. What is called seedness, after a debauch, is a plain proof that nature has been outraged. J. S. Blackie.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

16 June 2024

CONNECTION

(noun) a relation between things or events (as in the case of one causing the other or sharing features with it); “there was a connection between eating that pickle and having that nightmare”


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Hawaii and California are the only two U.S. states that grow coffee plants commercially.

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