Seediness

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Seediness \Seed`i*ness\, n.
     The quality or state of being seedy, shabby, or worn out; a
     state of wretchedness or exhaustion. [Colloq.] --G. Eliot.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           What is called seediness, after a debauch, is a plain


           proof that nature has been outraged.     --J. S.
                                                    Blackie.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  seediness
       n : a lack of elegance as a consequence of wearing threadbare or
           dirty clothing [syn: {shabbiness}, {manginess}]