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  • noun the state or quality of being eggy

Etymologies

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eggy +‎ -ness

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Examples

  • Unlike traditional white cakes, a yellow cake contains just the egg yolks, while the former contains whole eggs; a lot of people like the way the yellow cake rises and is fluffy to the touch, but the inherent "egginess" might be a no-no for a few of us!

    Banana-Walnut Fluffy Yellow Cake 2008

  • The vanilla essence in the flan will remove any 'egginess' and it tastes absolutely wonderful!

    Cooking from food blogs « Salt and Pepper. 2006

  • Unlike traditional white cakes, a yellow cake contains just the egg yolks, while the former contains whole eggs; a lot of people like the way the yellow cake rises and is fluffy to the touch, but the inherent "egginess" might be a no-no for a few of us!

    Archive 2008-03-01 2008

  • Really, he or she the mystery of the student's gender momentarily stopped me, as it were, in my very tracks, throwing me back on old memories best left unrevisited hits on the most brilliant expression of the eggs' very egginess.

    Professor seeks grader, preferably Victorian 2009

  • Really, he or she the mystery of the student's gender momentarily stopped me, as it were, in my very tracks, throwing me back on old memories best left unrevisited hits on the most brilliant expression of the eggs' very egginess.

    The Little Professor: 2009

  • So I decided to go with the espresso-cinnamon variation in the hopes it would make the egginess less pronounced.

    Archive 2009-03-01 2009

  • The Banana-Walnut combination also helps balance out the egginess in yellow cake, and works well to create a delicate and spongy dessert cake.

    Archive 2008-03-01 2008

  • The Banana-Walnut combination also helps balance out the egginess in yellow cake, and works well to create a delicate and spongy dessert cake.

    Banana-Walnut Fluffy Yellow Cake 2008

  • But this time, just to control the egginess, I tried Shuna Lydon's recipe for homemade yellow cake.

    Banana-Walnut Fluffy Yellow Cake 2008

  • But this time, just to control the egginess, I tried Shuna Lydon's recipe for homemade yellow cake.

    Archive 2008-03-01 2008

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