wateriness

Noun

Open English WordNet

Noun (3)

  1. 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”Synonyms: muddinesssloppinessType of wetness
  2. 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”Type of meagerness, meagreness
  3. the property of resembling the viscosity of waterType of thinness
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Wa′ter·i·ness noun

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

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

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