"cattiness" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: cattinesses [plural]
Etymology: catty + -ness Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|catty|ness}} catty + -ness Head templates: {{en-noun|-|+}} cattiness (usually uncountable, plural cattinesses)
  1. The quality of being catty; cattishness Tags: uncountable, usually
    Sense id: en-cattiness-en-noun-sTyzvcOI Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ness

Inflected forms

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