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Webster 1913 Edition


Looseness

Loose′ness

,
Noun.
The state, condition, or quality, of being loose;
as, the
looseness
of a cord;
looseness
of style;
looseness
of morals or of principles.

Webster 1828 Edition


Looseness

LOOSENESS

,
Noun.
loos'ness.
1.
The state of being loose or relaxed; a state opposite to that of being tight, fast, fixed or compact; as the looseness of a cord; the looseness of a robe; the looseness of the skin; the looseness of earth, or of the texture of cloth.
2.
The state opposite to rigor or rigidness; laxity; levity; as looseness of morals or of principles.
3.
Irregularity; habitual deviation from strict rules; as looseness of life.
4.
Habitual lewdness; unchastity.
5.
Flux from the bowels; diarrhaea.

Definition 2024


looseness

looseness

English

Noun

looseness (plural loosenesses)

  1. The quality or fact of being free from rigidity, attachment or restraint; not tight, not firmly attached or taut.
    See if that nut has too much looseness and tighten it if it does.
  2. A relaxed state regarding principles or accuracy.
  3. Moral laxity; licentiousness.
    • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, I.vii:
      Yet goodly court he made still to his Dame, / Pourd out in loosnesse on the grassy grownd [...].

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