WATERINESS


Meaning of WATERINESS in English

ˈwȯ]d.ərēnə̇s, ˈwä], ]tər-, -rin-\ noun

( -es )

Etymology: Middle English watrinesse, from watery, watry watery + -nesse -ness

1. obsolete

a. : watery matter in a substance

b. : watery secretion

2. : the condition of being watery

the wateriness of Venice

as

a. : the condition of being too thin, sodden, or insipid because of the presence of excessive water

a soup tasteless because of wateriness

the wateriness of blood once supposed to affect malaria victims

b. : the condition of lacking solid substance as if diluted with water

a flimsy composition with a deadly wateriness of style

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.