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Definition of Seediness
1. Noun. A lack of elegance as a consequence of wearing threadbare or dirty clothing.
Generic synonyms: Inelegance
Specialized synonyms: Raggedness
Derivative terms: Mangy, Seedy, Shabby, Sleazy
Definition of Seediness
1. n. The quality or state of being seedy, shabby, or worn out; a state of wretchedness or exhaustion.
Definition of Seediness
1. Noun. The property of being seedy (unkempt). ¹
2. Noun. The property of being seedy (full of seeds). ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Seediness
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Medical Definition of Seediness
1. The quality or state of being seedy, shabby, or worn out; a state of wretchedness or exhaustion. "What is called seedness, after a debauch, is a plain proof that nature has been outraged." (J. S. Blackie) Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Seediness
Literary usage of Seediness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of Co-operation in England: Its Literature and Its Advocates by George Jacob Holyoake (1875)
"... his seediness had a certain charm of taste, cleanness, and care. There was no
seediness in his soul. His spirits were always bright. ..."
2. The History of Co-operation by George Jacob Holyoake (1908)
"He was thin, poor, and seedy; but even his seediness had a certain charm of taste,
... There was no seediness in his soul. His spirits were always bright. ..."
3. The History of Co-operation by George Jacob Holyoake (1908)
"He was thin, poor, and seedy ; but even his seediness had a certain charm of taste,
... There was no seediness in his soul. His spirits were always bright. ..."
4. Belgravia by Mary Elizabeth Braddon (1873)
"... 88 'seediness,' and I am told (on the best authority) that the best corrective
for such seediness is brandy and soda-water. Scotchmen prefer a hair of ..."
5. Chambers' Edinburgh Journal by Robert Chambers, William Chambers (1852)
"Here they appear a motley congregation, a curious agglomeration of seediness.
... they are on such occasions collected—seediness of dress and of character. ..."
6. Horses, how They Ought to be Shod: Being a Plain and Practical Treatise on by William Haycock (1869)
"... and seediness of the toe and quarters. The flatter the feet, the more carefully
the shoe requires to be fitted, the greater the care necessary in ..."
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