cottonness

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noun

The quality of being cotton.

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Meanings

nouncottonness (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe quality of being cotton.

    The few clothing items that are made of cotton make a sincere point of being cotton and tell you earnestly about their 100-percent cottonness with faux-hand-scribbled labels so obviously on the Green bandwagon they practically spit pine cones.

    2009 August 13, Cintra Wilson, “Playing to the Middle”, in New York Times

Origin

From cotton + -ness.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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