Home › Words › P › pappinesspappinesspappiness · noun — quality of being pappy.Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).EtymologyFrom pappy + -ness.nounQuality of being pappy.e.g.“A filthy ring of scum dwelt around the inside of the washbasin and the soap took on a repulsive pappiness having lain steeped in a cracked soap dish half full of murky water for days.” — 2013, Michael Taylor, Love Songs:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.paperiness 71% match — The property of being papery. vs pappiness →pipiness 69% match — The quality of being pipy. vs pappiness →pulpiness 69% match — The quality of being pulpy. vs pappiness →papuanness 69% match — The quality of being Papuan. vs pappiness →sappiness 68% match — The property of being sappy. vs pappiness →pulpousness 66% match — The quality of being pulpous. vs pappiness →papescent 66% match — Containing, producing, or resembling pap. vs pappiness →patness 64% match — The state or quality of being pat. vs pappiness →