Definition of Sogginess

1. Noun. A heavy wetness.

Generic synonyms: Wetness
Derivative terms: Soggy, Soggy

Definition of Sogginess

1. n. The quality or state of being soggy; soddenness; wetness.

Definition of Sogginess

1. Noun. The property of being soggy. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Sogginess

1. [n -ES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sogginess

softwareless
softwarematically
softwares
softwood
softwoods
softy
sog
sogdianite
soger
sogers
sogged
soggier
soggiest
soggily
sogginess (current term)
sogginesses
sogging
soggings
soggy
sogs
soh
sohcahtoa
sohs
soi-disant
soigne
soignee
soigneur
soigneurs

Literary usage of Sogginess

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Annual ReportGardening (1886)
"... but when you have added to the greasiness of your pork the acidity of your apples, the pungency of your onions, and the sogginess of your dough, ..."

2. The Medical Clinics of North America by Richard J. Havel, K. Patrick Ober (1919)
"STUDENT: There is chronic passive congestion and sogginess of the lungs. DR. SHATTUCK: In such cases where are the rales most numerous? ..."

3. Contributions to the Bacteriology of the Oyster by Woods Hutchinson, Hollis Godfrey, Rhode Island (State) Commissioners of shell-fisheries, Lester Angell Round (1914)
"The greatest danger is from horse manure, and next from hog manure, last of all from cow manure on account of the wetness and sogginess of the latter ..."

4. The Autobiography of Nathaniel Southgate Shaler by Nathaniel Southgate Shaler, Sophia Penn Page Shaler (1909)
"... the green peas and asparagus fresh and succulent, the newly made butter, and bread that had been baked in an oven that admitted of no sogginess, ..."

5. The Autobiography of Nathaniel Southgate Shaler by Nathaniel Southgate Shaler, Sophia Penn Page Shaler (1909)
"... the green peas and asparagus fresh and succulent, the newly made butter, and bread that had been baked in an oven that admitted of no sogginess, ..."

6. The New International Encyclopædia edited by Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby (1902)
"One of the most common and dangerous faults in bread is heaviness and sogginess. In wheat bread this may be caused by the use of cheap flours. poor in ..."

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