woolliness

woolliness

English

Etymology

woolly +‎ -ness

Noun

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 […]