treeiness

English

Etymology

treey +‎ -ness

Noun

treeiness (uncountable)

(rare) Resemblance to a tree.
- 1913, Royal Society of Arts, Journal of the Royal Society of Arts:
  ...found it necessary to discard the treeiness of the tree and the grassiness of the grass.
- 1970, Morse Peckham, The triumph of Romanticism: collected essays:
  When we try to say what a tree is, we can only say that a tree is a manifestation of treeiness.
- 1974, Beatrice Kean Seymour, Summer of life:
  You know what I mean, anyway — 'the treeiness of the tree.' But I don't believe he's seen a picture by either.

See also

treely

Anagrams

eternises, insertees, senteries, sneeriest

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