dryness

noun

dry·​ness

plural -es

: the quality or state of being dry: such as

a

: lack of emotional warmth or imaginative quality

b

: lack of power to interest or divert : monotony

c

: quiet or sardonic humor

d

: sobriety especially in a person previously suffering from alcoholism

Word History

Etymology

Middle English drynesse, from Old English drȳgnes, from drȳge dry + -nes -ness

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Rhymes for dryness

• coyness
• highness
• linus
• minus
• pinus
• shyness
• sinus
• busyness
• equinus