duckiness

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noun

The quality of being like a duck (the aquatic bird).

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Meanings

nounduckiness (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe quality of being like a duck (the aquatic bird).

    Or was the opposite true—a duck was created with an inherent element of duckiness that informed its growth from the egg itself?

    2014, Edward W. Robertson, The White Tree
  2. archaicslanguncountableThe quality of being fine or good; excellence.

    […] the sun was quite hot, so I was able to have my pink parasol up the whole time, and words can't express its tremendous duckiness.

    1905, The Strand, volume 30, page 32

Origin

From ducky + -ness.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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