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From cloudy +‎ -ness.

Noun

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cloudiness (countable and uncountable, plural cloudinesses)

  1. Of the sky, weather, etc.: the state of being cloudy.
    Expect considerable cloudiness with occasional rain showers.
    • 1598–1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “Much Adoe about Nothing”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies [] (First Folio), London: [] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene iv], page 121, column 1:
      [W]hy vvhat's the matter? / That you haue ſuch a Februarie face, / So full of froſt, of ſtorme, and clovvdineſſe.
      A figurative use.
  2. Of a liquid: the property of being murky.
    Cloudiness in the water is most often caused in new aquariums by white bacteria.
  3. (figurative) Of information, a writing style, etc.: the property of being obscure.
    Avoid cloudiness in your essay-writing.
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