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stretchiness

noun

Etymology

From stretchy + -ness.

  1. derived from *(s)treg-✻
  2. inherited from *strakkjan✻ — “to stretch, make taut or tight”
  3. inherited from streċċan — “to stretch, hold out, extend, spread out, prostrate”
  4. inherited from strecchen
  5. suffixed as stretchy — “stretch + y”
  6. suffixed as stretchiness — “stretchy + ness”

Definitions

  1. The state or condition of being stretchy.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA