porkiness

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English

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Etymology

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From porky +‎ -ness.

Noun

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porkiness (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being porky.
    • 2004, Stephen Fife, Best revenge, page 19:
      It would be like a Macy's Thanksgiving Day balloon in a small room — Porky Pig blown to his full girth, crushing everyone inside with his porkiness.
    • 2009 June 3, Harold Mcgee, “Bringing Flavor Back to the Ham”, in New York Times[1]:
      Have you ever placed a vanishingly thin morsel of rosy meat on your tongue and had it fill your mouth with deepest porkiness, or the aroma of tropical fruits, or caramel, or chocolate?