ickiness

noun — 2 senses

ickiness

noun

Etymology From icky + -ness.

1

The state or condition of being icky.

2

Something that is icky.

  • Then Sara opened up her teapot to remove the tea bag and gasped, “There is an ickiness in here!” and of course Leroy got all excited and peered in at what first seemed to be a small brain.1988, California - Volume 13, Issues 5-8, page 47:
  • If I could pull your mind away from ickinesses—sorry, I don't really like talking about this stuff. . .2008, Shula Klinger, The Kingdom of Strange, page 112:
1 more example
  • I had much more vivid horrors than Lovecraft's nameless ickinesses to write about now.2009, David Drake, The Complete Hammer's Slammers:

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