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ˈquotativeness
[f. quotative a. + -ness.]
a. Fondness for the use of quotations.
b. The quality of being quotative (sense 2).
1886G. B. Shaw in Pall Mall Gazette 26 July 5/1 A certain facetiousness and quotativeness. 1957D. L. Bolinger in Publ. Amer. Dial. Soc. xxviii. 27 The quotativeness of the echo suggests that it be classed as a frag Q. |