crawlingness

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English

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Etymology

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From crawling +‎ -ness.

Noun

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crawlingness (uncountable)

  1. The quality of something that crawls.
    • 1958, The Literary Review, volume 2, page 188:
      When Nerissa saw the worm her immediate reaction was to kill, for she disliked its sliminess and crawlingness.