ickiness

English

Etymology

icky +‎ -ness

Noun

ickiness (countable and uncountable, plural ickinesses)

1. (uncountable) The state or condition of being icky.
2. (countable) Something unspecified that is icky.
   • 1988, California - Volume 13, Issues 5-8, page 47:

     Then Sara opened up her teapot to remove the tea bag and gasped, “There is an ickiness in here!” and of course Leroy got all excited and peered in at what first seemed to be a small brain.

   • 2008, Shula Klinger, The Kingdom of Strange, page 112:

     If I could pull your mind away from ickinesses—sorry, I don't really like talking about this stuff. . .

   • 2009, David Drake, The Complete Hammer's Slammers:

     I had much more vivid horrors than Lovecraft's nameless ickinesses to write about now.

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