suggestivenessn.
/səˈdʒɛstɪvnɪs/ The quality of being suggestive.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > belief > suggestion, proposal > [noun] > suggestive quality
suggestivity1842
suggestiveness1846
society > communication > information > hint or covert suggestion > [noun] > quality of
suggestivity1842
suggestiveness1846
allusiveness1863
society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > moral or spiritual impurity > indecency > [noun]
inhonesty1481
scandal1622
nastiness1650
fulsomeness1684
indecency1692
impropriety1751
blue1824
paw-pawness1828
blueness1833
gaminess1854
suggestiveness1888
purple1930
1846 J. Ruskin Mod. Painters II. 166 There is not the commonest subject to which he will not attach a range of suggestiveness almost limitless.
1875 W. D. Whitney Life & Growth Lang. viii. 141 The etymological suggestiveness of a term.
1880 H. James Madonna of Future & Other Tales (new ed.) 17 Think..of the mother's face and its ineffable suggestiveness.
1888 M. S. van de Velde Random Recoll. Courts & Society x. 252 Some foreigners..wondered at the excessive licence she permitted herself on the English stage, and the marked suggestiveness of her looks and gestures.
1913 M. B. Lowndes Diary 7 Jan. (1971) 42 We talked of English prudery, and..of The Rosary and its wonderful success, and I said I felt sure this was owing to the suggestiveness of certain scenes.
1963 L. Deighton Horse under Water xxiii. 100 I noticed Singleton's lip curl..at H. K.'s suggestiveness.
Derivatives
suggeˈstivity n. rare.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > belief > suggestion, proposal > [noun] > suggestive quality
suggestivity1842
suggestiveness1846
society > communication > information > hint or covert suggestion > [noun] > quality of
suggestivity1842
suggestiveness1846
allusiveness1863
1842 W. M. Thackeray Miss Tickletoby's Lect. i Taking down rather the heads and the suggestivity (if we may use the phrase) of Miss Tickletoby's discourse.
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