rootinessn.
/ˈruːtɪnᵻs/, U.S. /ˈrudinᵻs/, /ˈrʊdinᵻs/ The quality of being rooty. Also figurative.
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rootiness1804
1804 Trans. Soc. Arts 22 351 Its extreme rootiness may perhaps be occasioned by the hemp growing too thin on the land.
1888 R. Wallace India in 1887 xxiii. 278 Wingate says that ‘its rootiness interferes with its cultivation on an extensive scale, but it makes fine sweet hay.’
1937 G. M. Young Daylight & Champaign 193 Here is exactly the harshness and rootiness, the integrity and objectivity that our poetry needed.
1998 Independent (Nexis) 8 Aug. 43 A 1975 bottling I tasted was full of heathery rootiness, with the smokiness of an apple-wood barbecue.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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