treeiness

English

Etymology

tree +‎ -y +‎ -ness

Noun

treeiness (uncountable)

1. (rare) Resemblance to a tree.
   • 1913, Royal Society of Arts, Journal of the Royal Society of Arts:

     ...found it necessary to discard the treeiness of the tree and the grassiness of the grass.

   • 1970, Morse Peckham, The triumph of Romanticism: collected essays:

     When we try to say what a tree is, we can only say that a tree is a manifestation of treeiness.

   • 1974, Beatrice Kean Seymour, Summer of life:

     You know what I mean, anyway — 'the treeiness of the tree.' But I don't believe he's seen a picture by either.

See also

• treely

Anagrams

• eternises, insertees, senteries, sneeriest