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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.
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)
- 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.
- A relaxed state regarding principles or accuracy.
- 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 [...].
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, I.vii: