duckiness

duckiness

English

Etymology

ducky +‎ -ness

Noun

duckiness (uncountable)

1. The quality of being like a duck (the aquatic bird).
   • 2014, Edward W. Robertson, The White Tree

     Or was the opposite true—a duck was created with an inherent element of duckiness that informed its growth from the egg itself?

2. (slang, archaic) The quality of being fine or good; excellence.
   • 1905, The Strand (volume 30, page 32)

     […] the sun was quite hot, so I was able to have my pink parasol up the whole time, and words can't express its tremendous duckiness.