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单词 pulpiness
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pulpinessn.

Brit. /ˈpʌlpɪnᵻs/, U.S. /ˈpəlpinᵻs/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pulpy adj., -ness suffix.
Etymology: < pulpy adj. + -ness suffix.
The quality or state of being pulpy (in various senses).
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1818 L. Hunt Foliage p. xxxv Fervency..Of..inward pulpiness intense.
1825 Lancet 5 Mar. 267/2 A pulpiness, or softness; the mucous membrane appears more pulpy, or soft, than natural.
1859 G. W. Thornbury in Househ. Words 22 Jan. 190/2 I see,..by the dimness and pulpiness of his eyes, that he is blind.
1869 Contemp. Rev. 11 357 Appreciating critics who write about its [sc. a picture's] fruitiness, and juiciness, and pulpiness, and downiness, and peachiness.
1901 Weekly Reg. 11 Oct. 442 This elasticity, or rather pulpiness, in regard to religion in boarding schools.
1943 College Eng. 4 289/1 His abandonment of satire drains his works of their élan and reduces them to pulpiness and routine.
1986 Financial Post (Canada) (Nexis) 12 Apr. i. 8 Apples and oranges can be ranked..for color, pulpiness, sweetness, [etc.].
2004 N.Y. Times Mag. 11 July 26/1 The comic-book form until recently has been unable to shed a certain aura of pulpiness, cheesiness and semi-literacy.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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