hokiness

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noun

The state or condition of being hoky.

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Meanings

nounhokiness (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe state or condition of being hoky.

    And if, as Mr. Ma rightly said, hybridization can lead to creativity, it can also lead to hokiness at times, and there was a touch of that in what remained of the orchestration here.

    2009 June 8, James R. Oestreich, “Tale of Love and Death Along the Fabled Silk Road”, in New York Times

Origin

From hoky + -ness.

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Cite this entry
APA

hokiness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hokiness

MLA

“hokiness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hokiness. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hokiness,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hokiness.

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