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Definition of Forkiness
1. n. The quality or state or dividing in a forklike manner.
Definition of Forkiness
1. Noun. The quality of being forky. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Forkiness
1. [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Forkiness
Literary usage of Forkiness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society (1879)
"But besides this tendency in the wild plant to excessive forkiness in the ...
with a refined mangel which is absolutely free from forkiness in the root, ..."
2. The Philosophy of Natural History: With an Introduction and Various by William Smellie, John Ware (1851)
"The house-swallow is easily distinguished from the other species by the superior
forkiness of its tail, and by a red spot on the forehead, and under the ..."
3. Forest Planting: A Treatise on the Care of Timber Lands and the Restoration by Henry NIcholas Jarchow (1893)
"Many deciduous trees, especially oaks, incline much to forkiness, which tendency
should be promptly and carefully suppressed in the nursery by proper ..."
4. The London Encyclopaedia, Or, Universal Dictionary of Science, Art by Thomas Tegg (1829)
"H. rustica, the common or chimney swallow, is distinguished from all the other
species by the superior forkiness of its tail, and by the red spot on the ..."
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