rortiness

English

Alternative forms

• rortyness

Etymology

rorty +‎ -ness

Noun

rortiness (uncountable)

1. The state of being rorty; boisterousness; vitality.
   • 1938 February, Aline Masters, “Facing the Problems of Youth”, in The Modern Review‎^[1], volume LXIII, number 2, page 260:

     The National Youth Programme with its multifarious aspects is designed to preserve unimpaired the rortiness of youth so as to be able to turn it to advantage later in life.

   • 2007 March 28, Richard Bremner, “On the Road”, in Management Today‎^[2], retrieved 2017-06-06:

     The engine's warbling rortiness promises zest - duly delivered as you run up through the gears with unexpected pace.

   • 2015, Bill Reed, Tasker Tusker Tasker (The Inspector Charles Ekanayake), →ISBN:

     She made love—if the fullblown rortiness of that pretty disgusting act anywhere and anytime was love—just like a guy would want it but with a tinge of femininity thrown in.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:rortiness.

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