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washiness

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[wosh-ee-nis, waw-shee-] / ˈwɒʃ i nɪs, ˈwɔ ʃi- /

noun

  1. the state or quality of being washy.

Etymology

Origin of washiness

First recorded in 1625–35; washy + -ness

Example Sentences

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The meaning, to be sure, was still vague enough; and whenever some commonplace truth or plausibility protruded from the general washiness, it was seized upon and beaten and stretched to the last degree of tenuity.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 80, June, 1864 by Various

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