Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Filthiness; nastiness.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun The quality of being mucky.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun The quality of being mucky.

Etymologies

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mucky +‎ -ness

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Examples

  • Breakfast itself went pretty smoothly, with a fairly reasonably amount of muckiness to wipe off of both boys post-breakfast.

    My Son Thinks He's a Shoe ewe are here 2007

  • The AP has the latest profile of Taylor and a specific strain of his muckiness – his political and business connections with Russia.

    Midterm Roundup 2009

  • There was no amount of muckiness Miss Pillby would not have endured in order to injure

    The Golden Calf 1875

  • Either way, his comedy has always relied a lot on surprising muckiness.

    Evening Standard - Home David Sexton 2011

  • - A.J. Styles vs. Sting: Sorry, but I got bored with Styles and Sting's hallmark movie muckiness.

    PWTorch.com 2009

  • Ferries, mind you, that carry essentially the same number of passengers and cars. the story (and the murk-making memo of muckiness from Davey Boy's minions to the good Mr. Falcon).

    Progressive Bloggers 2009

  • Ferries, mind you, that carry essentially the same number of passengers and cars. the story (and the murk-making memo of muckiness from Davey Boy's minions to the good Mr. Falcon).

    Progressive Bloggers 2009

  • And, because there are advertising networks out there like AdSense, you're not dependent on all that selling muckiness.

    OnStartups 2009

  • This seems to be what MSM bloggers are doing (journalists and such) — either they don’t have comments on their blogs, or comments are moderated by someone else, so they don’t have to deal with the muckiness.

    Scripting News for 2/24/2006 « Scripting News Annex 2006

  • And I like that muckiness because I think that’s how life is.

    Buzzine » ‘Reign Over Me’ Interviews 2007

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