alliaceousness

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noun

The quality of being alliaceous; garlickiness or onioniness.

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Meanings

nounalliaceousness (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe quality of being alliaceous; garlickiness or onioniness.

    There is, for example, the hamburg-steak, of which the alliaceousness can seduce all but saints and the worst of dyspeptics.

    1961, Xavier Herbert, Soldiers' Women, Netley, SA: Fontana Books, published 1978, page 175

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
garlickiness

Origin

From alliaceous + -ness.

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alliaceousness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/alliaceousness

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“alliaceousness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/alliaceousness. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “alliaceousness,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/alliaceousness.

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