pappiness

noun

pappiness

noun

Etymology From pappy + -ness.

1

Quality of being pappy.

  • A filthy ring of scum dwelt around the inside of the washbasin and the soap took on a repulsive pappiness having lain steeped in a cracked soap dish half full of murky water for days.2013, Michael Taylor, Love Songs:

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