Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The condition or quality of being hot; heat; violence; vehemence; fury.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The quality or state of being hot.
- noun Heat or excitement of mind or manner; violence; vehemence; impetuousity; ardor; fury.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The condition of being
hot .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the presence of heat
- noun a hot spiciness
- noun a state of sexual arousal
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Examples
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They have jalapeno taste, but the hotness is the approximately warm-poblano range.
Cool off with hot jalapeno pickles | Homesick Texan Homesick Texan 2008
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The new hotness is Obama's a Muslim, his birth certificate is fake, he wants to have a gay marriage to Karl Marx, etc.
Crossroads 2009
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But I do know that if I'm expecting hotness from a book it has to be red "need-freezing-fire-extinguisher-to-cool-down" hot * grin*
Angels' Blood Countdown: Jasmine Haynes - The first two Fortune Hunter books Nalini Singh 2009
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And, considering its subject matter and its undoubted hotness, is not at all blush-making.
Venus in Fur deliasherman 2010
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And, considering its subject matter and its undoubted hotness, is not at all blush-making.
Venus in Fur deliasherman 2010
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The new hotness is Obama's a Muslim, his birth certificate is fake, he wants to have a gay marriage to Karl Marx, etc.
Crossroads 2009
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Your hotness is not detracted from by physical ailments.
MORE FROM GINNY BATES: LESBIANS HAVING BABIES Maggie Jochild 2007
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Almost as important as general hotness is her research which is also brilliant.
Archive 2007-07-01 xtra 2007
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Almost as important as general hotness is her research which is also brilliant.
Interesting Podcast from the Hottest Economist EVER!!!!! xtra 2007
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Why does acknowledging that these women look hot in a bikini mean that their hotness is “all that really matters”?
sashadorje commented on the word hotness
This words reads more immediately or empirically than heat. Agree?
December 19, 2009
yarb commented on the word hotness
Disagree. When referring to temperature, use heat; when referring to attractiveness I believe hottitude is the mot juste.
December 19, 2009
bilby commented on the word hotness
A whining superhero.
December 19, 2009