Home › Words › F › formulaicnessformulaicnessformulaicness means the state or condition of being formulaic; following a formula or predictable pattern.EtymologyFrom formulaic + -ness.nounthe state or condition of being formulaic; following a formula or predictable patterne.g.“"In medieval literary studies the discussion of "transitional texts" has referred particularly to the pervading formulaicness of vernacular poetry."” — 1997, Egbert J. BAKKER, Ahuvia Kahane, Written Voices, Spoken Signs: Tradition, Performance, and the Epic Text:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).