wateriness

2 definitions found

wateriness - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Wateriness \Wa"ter*i*ness\, n.
     The quality or state of being watery; moisture; humidity.
     [1913 Webster]

wateriness - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  wateriness
      n 1: the wetness of ground that is covered or soaked with water;
           "the baseball game was canceled because of the wateriness
           of the outfield"; "the water's muddiness made it
           undrinkable"; "the sloppiness of a rainy November day"
           [syn: wateriness, muddiness, sloppiness]
      2: meagerness or poorness connoted by a superfluity of water (in
         a literary style as well as in a food); "the haziness and
         wateriness of his disquisitions"; "the wateriness of his
         blood"; "no one enjoys the burning of his soup or the
         wateriness of his potatoes"
      3: the property of resembling the viscosity of water