woolliness

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

woolly +‎ -ness

Noun[edit]

woolliness (usually uncountable, plural woollinesses)

  1. The state of being woolly.
    • 1939, Forum, volume 102, page 226:
      Now, in spite of all sorts of defects, all sorts of woollinesses and rawnesses, the American novel is superior to either the English or the French; it is indeed superior, I think, to any European novel []