jaggedness

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English

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Etymology

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From jagged +‎ -ness.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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jaggedness (usually uncountable, plural jaggednesses)

  1. The state of being jagged.
    • 1994, Warren Bargad, "To Write the Lips of Sleepers": The Poetry of Amir Gilboa, page 232:
      Although his existential thoughts seem to have been tossed onto the page in helter-skelter fashion, what Gilboa does here is to open his mind and heart to the reader through verbal jaggedness and poetic unneatness.