SCALINESS

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

The property of being scaly

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("scaliness" is a kind of...):

raggedness; roughness (a texture of a surface or edge that is not smooth but is irregular and uneven)

Derivation:

scaly (having the body covered or partially covered with thin horny plates, as some fish and reptiles)

scaly (rough to the touch; covered with scales or scurf)