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springiness|ˈsprɪŋɪnɪs|
Also 7–8 springy-.
[f. springy a. + -ness.]
1. The quality of being springy or elastic.
1665Phil. Trans. I. 29 Here are found inquiries concerning..Springiness and Tenacity. 1692Bentley Boyle Lect. viii. 283 The Air is a thin fluid Body, endued with Elasticity or Springiness. 1751Phil. Trans. XLVII. 300 Their springiness makes them separate when the introductor is mounted on the canula. 1841B. Hall Patchwork I. vi. 86 We passed..along the turf, the springiness of which proved a vast relief. 1862Smiles Engineers III. 229 There was, and still is, a sort of springiness in the road over the Moss.
transf.1826Disraeli Viv. Grey v. vi, The springiness of my mind has gone.
b. Elasticity of movement in persons or animals.
1812Tennant Anster Fair iv. iii, Th' audacious men of boasted springiness. 1847L. Hunt Men, Women, & B. I. iii. 43 With what a..massy springiness they brush by you. 1869Daily News 6 Nov., There was a cheeriness..and a springiness in their movements that betokened first-rate condition. 1886M. E. Braddon One Thing Needful v, The bays went with a certain springiness, which told Lashmar that they were very fresh.
2. a. Capacity for sprouting or growing. b. The characteristic features of spring-time.
1674N. Fairfax Bulk & Selv. 129 The seeds of most or all growths, kept beyond their full time,..loose their springinesses. 1824Miss Mitford Village Ser. i. (1863) 66 Even the early elder shoots, which do make an approach to springiness, look brown.
3. Wet, moist, or spongy condition in land.
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