oozinessn.

Brit.

/ˈuːzɪnᵻs/, U.S.

/ˈuzinᵻs/

Forms: 1600s ouziness, 1700s ousiness, 1800s– ooziness.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: oozy adj.², -ness suffix.

Etymology: < oozy adj.² + -ness suffix.

The quality of being oozy or muddy; (also) ooze, mud; (figurative) lack of firmness or rigour.Sometimes with influence of oozy adj.¹ 2.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > land > landscape > marsh, bog, or swamp > [noun] > marshy quality

moorishness1598

bogginess1649

marishness1652

quagginess1653

ooziness1684

marshiness1710

sloppiness1727

swampiness1753

spoutiness1757

swash1864

swampishness1879

1684 tr. T. Bonet Guide Pract. Physician xix. 706 Water-furrows made to drain the ouziness [L. uliginem] of the Earth.

1745 tr. L. J. M. Columella Of Husbandry ii. ix A salt and bitter ousiness [L. uliginem].

1869 R. D. Blackmore Lorna Doone II. xvii. 230 The ducks and geese..laid their grooved bills on the snow, and dabbled for more ooziness.

1923 R. B. Clarkson Industr. Amer. iv. 80 This executive, displeased with..the ooziness of industrial control, and his failure to secure the authority that he knew was indispensable to success, decided to resign.

1959 B. Blackstone Consecrated Urn xv. 361 If we shrink from Keat's slushery and ooziness it is because we have shrunk..from the experience.

2002 Rocky Mountain News (Denver) (Nexis) 30 May d6 I didn't mind the slight ooziness of the gel on the strips [of a tooth-whitener].

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	ooziness
释义	oozinessn. Brit. /ˈuːzɪnᵻs/, U.S. /ˈuzinᵻs/ Forms: 1600s ouziness, 1700s ousiness, 1800s– ooziness. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: oozy adj.², -ness suffix. Etymology: < oozy adj.² + -ness suffix. The quality of being oozy or muddy; (also) ooze, mud; (figurative) lack of firmness or rigour.Sometimes with influence of oozy adj.¹ 2. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > landscape > marsh, bog, or swamp > [noun] > marshy quality moorishness1598 bogginess1649 marishness1652 quagginess1653 ooziness1684 marshiness1710 sloppiness1727 swampiness1753 spoutiness1757 swash1864 swampishness1879 1684 tr. T. Bonet Guide Pract. Physician xix. 706 Water-furrows made to drain the ouziness [L. uliginem] of the Earth. 1745 tr. L. J. M. Columella Of Husbandry ii. ix A salt and bitter ousiness [L. uliginem]. 1869 R. D. Blackmore Lorna Doone II. xvii. 230 The ducks and geese..laid their grooved bills on the snow, and dabbled for more ooziness. 1923 R. B. Clarkson Industr. Amer. iv. 80 This executive, displeased with..the ooziness of industrial control, and his failure to secure the authority that he knew was indispensable to success, decided to resign. 1959 B. Blackstone Consecrated Urn xv. 361 If we shrink from Keat's slushery and ooziness it is because we have shrunk..from the experience. 2002 Rocky Mountain News (Denver) (Nexis) 30 May d6 I didn't mind the slight ooziness of the gel on the strips [of a tooth-whitener]. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1684
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