Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The quality of being like cork; lightness with elasticity.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun The quality of being corky.

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  • noun The quality of being corky.

Etymologies

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corky +‎ -ness

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  • kind of a cute synonym for buoyancy (ca. mid-1800s).

    July 24, 2008