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Definition of Dewiness
1. n. State of being dewy.
Definition of Dewiness
1. Noun. The state or quality of being dewy. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Dewiness
1. the state of being dewy [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dewiness
Literary usage of Dewiness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Cambridge History of English Literature by Adolphus William Ward, Alfred Rayney Waller (1916)
"On the other hand, there is what may be called a dewiness, a freshness of talk
about natural objects in him which De Quincey has never reached; ..."
2. The Popular Science Monthly (1878)
"But that is not so important as the condition of these flowers and their dewiness ;
and—Dr. Carpenter notwithstanding—I still maintain they were (to us) ..."
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