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Definition of Droughtiness
1. n. A state of dryness of the weather; want of rain.
Definition of Droughtiness
1. Noun. Dryness of the weather; lack of rain. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Droughtiness
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Droughtiness
Literary usage of Droughtiness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain), Norton Shaw, Francis Galton, William Spottiswoode, Clements Robert Markham, Henry Walter Bates, John Scott Keltie (1889)
"... the ceaseless distillation of mist and humid vapours into rain, behind, and
we now look upon grass ripe for the annual fire and general droughtiness. ..."
2. A Dictionary of the English Language by Samuel Johnson, John Walker, Robert S. Jameson (1828)
"droughtiness, (drou'-te-nes) „. s. The state of wanting rain. DROUGHTY, (drou'-te)
a. Wanting rain ; sultry ; thirsty ; dry with thirst. ..."
3. Arsenic by Assembly Of Life Sciences, National Academies Press, Assembly of Life Sciences (U.S.), National Academy of Sciences (U.S.) (1977)
"McWhorter'15 and Kempen et al.419 suggested that droughtiness after application
increased weed control. In studies on the effects of AMA on food reserves in ..."
4. A Complete Dictionary of the English Language, Both with Regard to Sound and ...by Thomas Sheridan by Thomas Sheridan (1790)
"One that fats oxen for fale, and drives them to market. DROUGHT, drou'tf Dry
weather, want of rain ; third, want of drink. droughtiness, drou'-ty-nfs. f. ..."
5. The Nature and Properties of Soils: A College Text of Edaphology by Thomas Lyttleton Lyon, Harry Oliver Buckman (1922)
"Alluvial fans and terrace soils are olten loose and open to the point of droughtiness.
Tbe latter group is usually not so well supplied with organic matter ..."
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