cloudiness
nounEtymology From cloudy + -ness.
1
Of the sky, weather, etc.: the state of being cloudy.
- Expect considerable cloudiness with occasional rain showers.
- [W]hy vvhat's the matter? / That you haue ſuch a Februarie face, / So full of froſt, of ſtorme, and clovvdineſſe.1598–1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “Much Adoe about Nothing”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene iv], page 121, column 1:
2
Of a liquid: the property of being murky.
- Cloudiness in the water is most often caused in new aquariums by white bacteria.
- The cloudiness of the windows on the cars, caused by the degradation of the polycarbonate material of which they are made.2024 11, David Peter Alan, “Multilevel Cards to Get Their Trucks Overhauled, but What About the Windows?”, in Lackawanna Coalition Railgram:
3
Figuratively Of information, a writing style, etc.: the property of being obscure.
- Avoid cloudiness in your essay-writing.
- Related terms
- cloud ceiling, cloud cover