fungosity

F4U1N1G2O1S1I1T1Y4

noun

The quality of being fungous or degree of being infused with fungus.

Scrabble 16
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

nounfungosity (countable and uncountable, plural fungosities)

plural fungosities

  1. countableuncountableThe quality of being fungous or degree of being infused with fungus.
  2. archaiccountableuncountableA fungal growth.

    The fungosities, which arise in wounds or ulcers, are easily repressed by gentle compression, dry lint, the sulphas cupri, or other gentle caustic.

    1833, Robley Dunglison, “Fungos′ity”, in A New Dictionary of Medical Science and Literature, […], volumes I (A–L), Boston, Mass.: […] [E. W. Metcalf and Company] for Charles Bowen, →OCLC, page 421, column 1

Origin

From fungous + -osity; compare French fungosité, fongosité.

Full word history & related roots →
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

Source: fungosity on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.