friskiness

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word friskiness. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word friskiness, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say friskiness in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word friskiness you have here. The definition of the word friskiness will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition offriskiness, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.

English

Etymology

From frisky +‎ -ness.

Noun

friskiness (usually uncountable, plural friskinesses)

  1. The characteristic or quality of being frisky.
    • 1944, Sarah Campion, The Pommy Cow, page 159:
      So he let all his chances go by, and the nurses, piqued, let the raw, shy, diffident Australian go by, sensing in him a depth of despair so profound that it made their little games and friskinesses ring as hollow and brittle as the glass balls they hung on the Christmas tree.

Translations