patness

noun

patness

noun

Etymology From pat + -ness.

1

Usually The state or quality of being pat.

  • The setup's almost laughably pat, and nothing that follows mitigates that patness.1988 January 29, Anthony Adler, “K-2/The Indian Wants the Bronx”, in Chicago Reader:

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