Meanings
- uncountableThe quality of being pouty.
the over-full upper lip which left a somewhat incongruous impression of child-like poutiness upon her face
1921, Arthur Stringer, chapter 2, in The Wine of Life, New York: Knopf, page 232 more examples
The rose may leave your cheek, the rich, red poutiness of your lip may fade into whiteness, the large and lustrous eye may grow languid in its hidden grief, but the soul will not lose its tyrant passion.
1853, John Pierce Brace, chapter 18, in The Fawn of the Pale Faces, New York: D. Appleton, page 144She didn’t talk to me for the rest of the night. And though I laughed at her poutiness, in the end she was right […]
2016, Shobha Rao, “The Road to Mirpur Khas”, in An Unrestored Woman, London: Virago, page 174
Origin
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