patness
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
patness (usually uncountable, plural patnesses)
- The state or quality of being pat.
- 1988 January 29, Anthony Adler, “K-2/The Indian Wants the Bronx”, in Chicago Reader[1]:
- The setup's almost laughably pat, and nothing that follows mitigates that patness.