featheredness

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noun

The quality of being feathered; presence of feathers.

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Meanings

nounfeatheredness (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe quality of being feathered; presence of feathers.

    But it happened that they had not yet reached that state of featheredness which he considered desirable; and having nothing else to do, he sat down under the tree to watch the old ones bringing them the fattest worms, and freshest bugs, and other delicacies of the season.

    1871, Sarah des Brisay, Jack the Fly-Killer

Origin

From feathered + -ness.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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