clayeyness

English

Etymology

clayey +‎ -ness

Noun

clayeyness (uncountable)

1. The quality of being clayey.
   • 1851, “Marl”, in The Rural Cyclopedia, Or A General Dictionary of Agriculture, page 359:

     […] it destroys acidity already in the soil, and prevents the evolution of more from stagnant water; it corrects excessive sandiness by its clay, and excessive clayeyness by its sand […]

   • 1884, Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency: Dhárwár, volume 22, page 254:

     This black soil is of superior richness probably owing to the mixture of particles of red soil, which, without changing the appearance and character of the black soil, lessen its clayeyness and increase its power of taking in water.

   • 2008, Gregory J. Retallack, Soils of the Past: An Introduction to Paleopedology, page 278:

     If it were possible to control these variables, then differences in clayeyness of fluvial sequences of different geological age might be apparent.

Synonyms

• clayishness