cheesinessn.
/ˈtʃiːzɪnᵻs/, U.S. /ˈtʃizinᵻs/ 1. The quality or condition of resembling cheese or being cheesy (cheesy adj.1 1).
ΘΚΠ
the world > food and drink > food > dairy produce > cheese > [noun] > quality
cheesiness1662
1662 J. Chandler tr. J. B. van Helmont Oriatrike lii. 396 The Urine and venal bloud being drawn forth by a cut Vein, do wax clotty..; which clottiness or cheesiness [L. caseatio] is the effect of sharpness.
1841 C. Dickens Old Curiosity Shop ii. l. 75 ‘How's the cream of clerkship, eh?’ ‘Why, rather sour, Sir... Beginning to border upon cheesiness, in fact.’
1875 J. McCosh Sc. Philos. liii. 398 At first there was a flabbiness, a sort of cheesiness about his look.
1912 20th Ann. Meeting Wisconsin Cheesemakers' Assoc. 100 That characteristic cheesiness which is after all the essence of flavor in cheese.
1952 W. C. Harvey & H. Hill Food Hygiene xiv. 200 High-fat cream may cause cheesiness in the resultant butter.
2011 S. Ungaro & M. Davis in K. Wohl James Beard Foundation's Best of Best 11/1 The bold, straightforward cheesiness of a good mac'n'cheese.
2. colloquial (originally U.S.). The quality or condition of being unsubtle, inauthentic, clichéd, or excessively sentimental; (in early use also) the quality or condition of being inferior or second-rate. Cf. cheesy adj.1 3a, 3b.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > aspects of emotion > sentimentality > [noun]
sentiment1747
sentimentality1770
mawkishness1796
sensiblerie1815
sentimentalism1818
sloppiness1828
morbidezza1833
milk-and-wateriness1834
maudlin1838
soothing syrup1839
emotionalism1846
stickiness1864
slop1866
mushiness1868
saccharinity1868
sympatheticism1884
hearts and flowers1911
lovey-doveyness1923
schmaltz1934
goop1950
goo1951
schmaltziness1953
gloop1957
cheesiness1963
soupiness1963
soft-centredness1967
soppiness1974
1963 Life 15 Nov. 8/2 The pirated versions all share a certain quality of cheesiness.
1976 A. L. Huxtable Kicked Building Lately? 185 Cheesiness is the one thing..that can destroy centuries of London's hallmark: substance and quality.
1986 N.Y. Times 24 Jan. c3/3 A performer..whose authenticity cuts right through the show-biz cheesiness.
1992 Metro (San Jose, Calif.) 7 May 45/2 Poor storytelling and general cheesiness mar the new animated Don Bluth offering.
2003 Daily Tel. 20 Jan. 25/7 The Handel overture that accompanied it exposed the cheesiness of Adrian Johnston's score.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
<
n.1662