Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The state of being milky, or of resembling milk in quality or appearance.
- noun Hence Blandness; mildness; softness.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun State or quality of being milky.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The property of being
milky .
Etymologies
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Examples
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It is round and rich, with ample blackcurrant, a kind of milkiness (I guess "soft" or "velvet" is a more common description), and some black pepper at the finish.
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The rule is about flavour and was devised for native oysters because their spawning gives them a slight and harmless milkiness in summer months.
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And despite the snowy-white Santa Claus beard he's growing for the role, and a very faint milkiness around the edges of his brilliant blue eyes, he's still trim and healthy, a necessity given the rigours of the role – wailing at the heavens, going mad, dying.
Derek Jacobi's King Lear: 'I've always felt slightly young for the role, but now I'm 72…' Carole Cadwalladr 2010
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He could smell the sweet, sad milkiness of her skin.
The Forgotten Garden Kate Morton 2009
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I wonder, would perfumistas from a non-dairy-foods culture, East Asia for example, appreciate milkiness in a perfume?
Got Milk? Marina Geigert 2009
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And I think the point of rice pudding is intense milkiness, unsullied by the thickeners often slipped into stove-top pudding, and distinct grains of ever-so-slightly chewy rice.
Northern Comfort 2007
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And I think the point of rice pudding is intense milkiness, unsullied by the thickeners often slipped into stove-top pudding, and distinct grains of ever-so-slightly chewy rice.
Northern Comfort 2007
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He could smell the sweet, sad milkiness of her skin.
The Forgotten Garden Kate Morton 2009
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He could smell the sweet, sad milkiness of her skin.
The Forgotten Garden Kate Morton 2009
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I remember a certain creaminess about it, if not milkiness.
Got Milk? Marina Geigert 2009
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