dartingness

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

darting +‎ -ness

Noun[edit]

dartingness (uncountable)

  1. The quality of motion of something that darts.
    • 1961, Bernard Wolfe, The Magic of Their Singing, page 180:
      With the speed and grace of an eel, a dartingness and pouncingness nobody had expected from his burly person, Lewellyn had reached for one of the punk's wrists with both hands.