sickishness

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noun

The quality of being sickish.

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Meanings

nounsickishness (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe quality of being sickish.

    After breakfast the hours passed in the sickishness, the invalid waiting, of a major holiday.

    2001, Jonathan Franzen, The Corrections

Origin

From sickish + -ness.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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