flocculence

English

Noun

flocculence (uncountable)

1. The condition of being flocculent; wooliness, flakiness
   • 2009, James Taranto, "That Was Awful. Do It Again!", The Wall Street Journal, http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124543121354331927.html

     This paragraph is remarkable for its own flocculence. The Times implies, without quite saying it, both that it approves of Obama's evasions […] and that it would approve if he took a different approach […]