light-fingeredness

noun

The state or quality of being light-fingered.

Meanings

nounlight-fingeredness (uncountable)

alternative lightfingeredness

  1. uncountableThe state or quality of being light-fingered.

Origin

From light-fingered (adjective) (any sense) + -ness (suffix forming nouns).

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