roughishness

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noun

Slight roughness.

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Meanings

nounroughishness (uncountable)
  1. uncountableSlight roughness.

    The sensible qualities of argentina promise no great virtue of this kind; for to the taste it discovers only a slight roughishness, from whence it may be presumed to be entitled to a place only among the milder corroborants.

    1778, William Lewis, The New Dispensatory, page 91

Origin

From roughish + -ness.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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