cloudiness
Etymology Noun
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Etymology Noun
cloudiness
- Of the sky, weather, etc.: the state of being cloudy.
- Expect considerable cloudiness with occasional rain showers.
- 1598–1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “Much Adoe about Nothing”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC ↗, [Act V, scene iv], page 121 ↗, column 1:
- [W]hy vvhat's the matter? / That you haue ſuch a Februarie face, / So full of froſt, of ſtorme, and clovvdineſſe.
- A figurative use.
- Of a liquid: the property of being murky.
- Cloudiness in the water is most often caused in new aquariums by white bacteria.
- (figurative) Of information, a writing style, etc.: the property of being obscure.
- Avoid cloudiness in your essay-writing.
- Italian: nuvolosità, copertura
- Russian: о́блачность
- Spanish: nubosidad
- French: nébulosité
- Italian: torbidezza
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