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Meaning of "pottiness" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF POTTINESS

pottiness  [ˈpɒtɪnɪs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF POTTINESS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Pottiness is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES POTTINESS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of pottiness in the English dictionary

The definition of pottiness in the dictionary is the quality of being foolish or slightly crazy.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH POTTINESS


craftiness
ˈkrɑːftɪnɪs
dirtiness
ˈdɜːtɪnɪs
dottiness
ˈdɒtɪnɪs
haughtiness
ˈhɔːtɪnɪs
heartiness
ˈhɑːtɪnɪs
lustiness
ˈlʌstɪnɪs
mightiness
ˈmaɪtɪnɪs
mustiness
ˈmʌstɪnɪs
nastiness
ˈnɑːstɪnɪs
naughtiness
ˈnɔːtɪnɪs
pettiness
ˈpɛtɪnɪs
prettiness
ˈprɪtɪnɪs
snottiness
ˈsnɒtɪnɪs
sportiness
ˈspɔːtɪnɪs
spottiness
ˈspɒtɪnɪs
squattiness
ˈskwɒtɪnɪs
tastiness
ˈteɪstɪnɪs
thriftiness
ˈθrɪftɪnɪs
wittiness
ˈwɪtɪnɪs
yeastiness
ˈjiːstɪnɪs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE POTTINESS

potter´s field
potter´s wheel
potterer
Potteresque
Potteries
potteringly
pottery
pottier
potties
pottiest
potting
potting compost
potting shed
pottinger
pottle
potto
potty
potty training
potty-train
pottymouth

WORDS THAT END LIKE POTTINESS

agribusiness
big business
bulkiness
business
cleanliness
cleanliness is next to godliness
comeliness
dizziness
do the business
e-business
emptiness
family business
fitness
friendliness
happiness
holiness
laziness
loneliness
loveliness
readiness
timeliness

Synonyms and antonyms of pottiness in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «pottiness» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF POTTINESS

Find out the translation of pottiness to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of pottiness from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «pottiness» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

pottiness
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

pottiness
570 millions of speakers

English

pottiness
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

pottiness
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

pottiness
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

pottiness
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

pottiness
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

pottiness
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

pottiness
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pottiness
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

pottiness
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

pottiness
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

pottiness
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Pottiness
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

pottiness
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

pottiness
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पॉटiness
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

pottiness
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

pottiness
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

pottiness
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

pottiness
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

pottiness
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

pottiness
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

pottiness
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

pottiness
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

pottiness
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of pottiness

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «POTTINESS»

The term «pottiness» is used very little and occupies the 183.751 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «POTTINESS» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «pottiness» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «pottiness» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about pottiness

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «POTTINESS»

Discover the use of pottiness in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to pottiness and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Harry Pottiness: A Totally Unofficial Book of Muggle Fun
Keep the Harry Potter magic rolling with this wonderful brand new title.
Richard Dungworth, Martin Chatterton, 2004
2
Arthur's Home Magazine
... and during those two years I had instances enough furnished me of the meanness and greed, the arrogance and pottiness of human nature, to supply me with subjects for a lifetime of writing. They were our boarders, and we were dependent ...
‎1860
3
Memoirs of John, duke of Marlborough, with his original ...
On the ensuing day the army proceeded to Sandizel and Pottiness, from whence they could anticipate the expected movements of the enemy, either by advancing to Neuburg, or approaching the bridges laid near the conflux of the Lech and ...
William Coxe, John Wade, 1847
4
Putnam's Magazine: Original Papers on Literature, Science, ...
... pottiness or rettiness unworth the dignity of e mind and ridic ed as much as the pun-wo mean alliteration-“apt alliteration's artful aid.” But alliteration is closely interwoven with the history and progress of our 1anguage-or of its poetic ...
‎1856
5
A Dictionary of English Folklore
Folklore study in England gradually gathered a negative reputation for unsound reasoning, lack of intellectual rigour, ahistorical assumptions, and general pottiness. The Second World War brought a major logistic and financial crisis. That the ...
Jacqueline Simpson, Stephen Roud, 2000
6
Pig-In-The-Middle
Gaylord had said that you couldn't be sent to prison for being potty, and Henry said yes you could if your pottiness consisted of kissing your wife, at which point Gaylord cunningly changed the subject. He liked his friend very dearly. But though ...
Eric Malpass, 2002
7
Don't Shoot the Mules!
Not in The Owl. The worrying conclusion is that in any case it does not matter and ifI continue to worry about it only confirms my belief that total pottiness fast approaches. In June 1940 there was a prolonged heat wave. The 10 Jim Hough.
Jim Hough, 2011
8
Midnight Clear
Helen Cook had turned sixty in April, and her hair had gone white and her body relaxed into the cheerful pottiness of her years. Helen loved her husband, her grandchildren, golf, her garden, and her children, more or less in that order, and ...
Peter E. Price, Sr., 2005
9
Cordelia & Mer and the WITCHES OF ICE. Book 1: Gloom: The ...
Her book is a feast of frivolous nonsense that to the everyday eye would be nothing more than a complete and utter waste of time. Not so for younger wizards witches and warlocks, who love the sheer pottiness of her ideas. As Meryl read ...
W. F. Gadd, 2013
10
The Atlantic Monthly
... precedent in my favor, that the Queen-mother had always kissed the princesses of the blood”; and so on through many pages. Thus lapsed her youth of frolics into an old age of cards. It is a slight compensation, that this very pottiness ...
‎1858

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «POTTINESS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term pottiness is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Light Shining in Buckinghamshire, by Caryl Churchill
The production is sometimes cautious in the face of the glorious pottiness of eccentric spirituality – one Ranter drifts in the direction of Rik ... «Times Higher Education, Apr 15»
2
Peter Jackson's verdict: Lights go out for Warren Gatland's galacticos
Even by the standards of a country potty about its rugby, this time the Welsh pottiness knew no bounds. All the guff about the roof, Warren ... «The Rugby Paper, Feb 15»
3
Um, could Sarah Palin please run for president?
Rand Paul has some indefensible ideas, but he does not approach the crack pottiness of his Libertarian father, Ron Paul, the perennial favorite ... «Los Angeles Times, Jan 15»
4
Dee for Dorchester - Cracker Night success for county town
It is a glorious celebration that kicks off the festivities with style and the right amount of pottiness to get everyone in the mood to enjoy the ... «Blackmore Vale Magazine, Dec 14»
5
Heavens above! Doing a good job of covering a British religion survey
... cry foul, and claim Wynne-Jones was engaging in a bait and switch – offering a story that appeared to confirm the pottiness of the local vicar. «GetReligion, Nov 14»
6
In Your Prime review – India Knight tackles ageing with wit
... remains our only quotable defence against decrepitude with its clapped-out message about mutinous pottiness and growing old disgracefully ... «The Guardian, Oct 14»
7
Fighting wrinkles from the inside
But mine is an increasingly youthful brand of pottiness, thank you very much. Barely perceptibly at first, yet steadily, my cheeks and jawline ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Apr 14»
8
Morrissey hates the Royal family, Jamie Oliver, David Beckham …
“I love Russell, but the films are a bit cheeky-wonky-daft-Dudley Moore British-pottiness for me, and Russell's voice has a higher pitch with each ... «Unreality TV, Nov 13»
9
Morrissey Autobiography Attracts Critics and Fans of The Smiths
... bit cheeky-wonky-daft-Dudley Moore British-pottiness for me, and Russell's voice has a higher pitch with each film -- it's almost a squeal now. «Music Times, Oct 13»
10
David Cameron's conference address was like the quack warning …
No eye-bulging, Scargillite pottiness this week. He did not suck up to his activists. He got them to give a minute's applause to the Armed Forces. «Daily Mail, Oct 13»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Pottiness [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/pottiness>. Apr 2024 ».
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