WATERINESS

wateriness

(noun) the property of resembling the viscosity of water

wateriness

(noun) meagerness or poorness connoted by a superfluity of water (in a literary style as well as in a food); “the haziness and wateriness of his disquisitions”; “the wateriness of his blood”; “no one enjoys the burning of his soup or the wateriness of his potatoes”

wateriness, muddiness, sloppiness

(noun) the wetness of ground that is covered or soaked with water; “the baseball game was canceled because of the wateriness of the outfield”; “the water’s muddiness made it undrinkable”; “the sloppiness of a rainy November day”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

wateriness (usually uncountable, plural waterinesses)

The state of being watery.

Anagrams

• earwitness

Source: Wiktionary


Wa"ter*i*ness, n.

Definition: The quality or state of being watery; moisture; humidity.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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