"dirtiness" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-dirtiness.wav [US] Forms: dirtinesses [plural]
Etymology: dirty + -ness Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|dirty|ness}} dirty + -ness Head templates: {{en-noun|-|+}} dirtiness (usually uncountable, plural dirtinesses)
  1. The state or quality of being dirty. Tags: uncountable, usually Synonyms: filthiness Translations (state or quality of being dirty): brutícia [feminine] (Catalan), saleté [feminine] (French), sporcizia [feminine] (Italian), netīrība [feminine] (Latvian), nespodrība [feminine] (Latvian), sujidade [feminine] (Portuguese), cacaréra [feminine] (Romagnol), suciedad [feminine] (Spanish), kirlilik (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-dirtiness-en-noun-4wp9ZO8r Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ness

Inflected forms

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