featherinessn.
/ˈfɛð(ə)rɪnᵻs/, U.S. /ˈfɛð(ə)rinᵻs/ a. Feathery state or condition.
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the world > animals > birds > feather > [noun] > fact of being feathered
plumosity1656
plumification1819
featheriness1838
the world > space > shape > other specific shapes > [noun] > object shaped like feather(s) > feathery condition
featheriness1892
1838 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 44 612 Pulling off bright wings, and destroying the lustrous featheriness.
1892 L. F. Day Nature in Ornam. iv. 53 The very featheriness of its flower-heads.
b. Lightness, fickleness.
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the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > inconstancy > [noun] > capriciousness
giddinessa1290
lightnessc1384
gerishnessa1513
fantasticnessc1550
unstaidnessa1557
fantasticalness1583
triflingnessa1586
spleen1598
capriciousness1607
skittishness1607
humorousness1611
wavinga1628
volageness1633
arbitrariness1643
garishness1649
legerity1652
mercury1653
volatility1655
caprich1656
humoursomeness1662
hoity-toity1668
jollity1670
unaccountableness1676
freak1678
whimsya1680
featheriness1689
toysomeness1697
caprice1711
whimsicalness1715
flirtation1718
whima1721
flightiness1747
whimsicality1761
giggishness1781
fancifulness1818
hoity-toityness1820
whifflery1835
crotchetiness1837
quirkiness1870
faddishness1884
faddism1885
vagarity1886
erraticism1889
whimsiness1909
1689 W. Bates Sure Trial Uprightness 130 There is such a levity and featheriness in our Minds.
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