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SOOTINESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The state of being dirty with soot
Synonyms:
smuttiness; sootiness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("sootiness" is a kind of...):
dirtiness; uncleanness (the state of being unsanitary)
Derivation:
sooty (covered with or as if with soot)