Added 10 October 2026
wateriness
noun
noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. More about wateriness at Wordnik → Where our words come from →
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The wetness of ground that is covered or soaked with water.
the baseball game was canceled because of the wateriness of the outfield
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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 property of resembling the viscosity of water.
Origin
From Middle English watrynesse, equivalent to watery + -ness.
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