"cloudiness" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: cloudinesses [plural]
Etymology: Etymology tree English cloudy Proto-Germanic *-in- Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti Proto-Germanic *-ōną Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English cloudiness From cloudy + -ness. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|cloudy|-ness|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree English cloudy Proto-Germanic *-in- Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti Proto-Germanic *-ōną Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English cloudiness [Appendix:Glossary#inherited|Inherited]] from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*-ōną", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*-inōną", "lang" : "gem-pro" }, { "id" : "-ness", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "verbal", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "verbal", "children" : [ ], "status" : "redlink", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-dyé-", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*-atjaną", "lang" : "gem-pro" }, { "id" : "nominative", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "action noun", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-tus", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*-þuz", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*-assuz", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*-inassuz", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-West Germanic", "term" : "*-nassī", "lang" : "gmw-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Old English", "term" : "-nes", "lang" : "ang" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "-nesse", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-ness", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "cloudiness", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="cloudiness"> From cloudy + -ness. Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} cloudiness (countable and uncountable, plural cloudinesses)
  1. Of the sky, weather, etc.: the state of being cloudy. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (murkiness): zavarosság (Hungarian), бұлттылық (bulttılıq) (Kazakh), neuheelaght (note: of liquid) [feminine] (Manx), mętność [feminine] (Polish), mglistość [feminine] (Polish), zamglenie [neuter] (Polish) Translations (obscureness): nébulosité [feminine] (French), homályosság (Hungarian), torbidezza [feminine] (Italian), mętność [feminine] (Polish), mglistość [feminine] (Polish), zamglenie [neuter] (Polish) Translations (weather): oblačnost [feminine] (Czech), עֲנָנוּת (ananút) [feminine] (Hebrew), felhősség (Hungarian), borultság (Hungarian), nuvolosità [feminine] (Italian), copertura [feminine] (Italian), mākoņainums [masculine] (Latvian), chmurność [feminine] (Polish), pochmurność [feminine] (Polish), zachmurzenie [neuter] (Polish), stare noroasă [feminine] (Romanian), о́блачность (óblačnostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), nubosidad [feminine] (Spanish), nublazón [masculine] (Spanish), celaje [masculine] (Spanish), celajes [masculine, plural] (Spanish)
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  2. Of a liquid: the property of being murky. Tags: countable, uncountable
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  3. (figurative) Of information, a writing style, etc.: the property of being obscure. Tags: countable, figuratively, uncountable
    Sense id: en-cloudiness-en-noun-dZANqSGB
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: cloud ceiling, cloud cover

Inflected forms

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