nappinessn.1
/ˈnapɪnᵻs/, U.S. /ˈnæpinᵻs/ rare before late 20th cent.
The quality or condition of being nappy. In early use: hairiness, shagginess. In later use (chiefly in African-American usage): frizziness of the hair.
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1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Veleure, shag, hairinesse, nappinesse.
1979 W. M. Coleman in Conditions 5 59 In our mutual obvious dislike for nappiness we came together under the hot comb.
1987 H. R. Madhubuti Killing Memory, Seeking Ancestors 10 Living among men who despise The ‘nappiness’ of head & the Hue of skin sunbaked before birth.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
nappinessn.2
/ˈnapɪnᵻs/, U.S. /ˈnæpinᵻs/ Obstinacy or disobedience on the part of a horse.
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1937 R. S. Summerhays Elem. Riding i. 11 Every rider..is familiar with the situation in which a horse will refuse to carry out some direction... This is no question of nappiness.
1986 Your Horse Sept. 47/2 One of the problems most commonly associated with riding school horses is nappiness.
2000 Western Morning News (Plymouth) (Nexis) 7 Jan. (Horses Suppl.) A horse with sharp teeth will commonly be very ‘gobby’. Often he will not wish to turn in a certain direction, which can lead on directly to ‘nappiness’.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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