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nappiness

8.6
Tightly curled, coarse hair that looks woolly
  • noun
  • /ˈnæpɪnəs/
  • UK
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  • Her natural curls give her hair a distinctive nappiness that requires special care.

Examples

  • He admired the nappiness of the sheep's wool, which was soft and tightly curled.

  • If you study the debate photos, EICOTUS's hair is much sheener than its typical nappiness.

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  • The nappiness of the sweater made it incredibly warm and cozy.

Synonyms

curliness
vsnappiness
2.6

The way hair makes many small curved shapes

is specifically about very tight coarse woolly curl texture
frizziness
vsnappiness
4.0

Dry, curly hair that looks rough and is not smooth

focuses on tight coarse woolly curl texture rather than surface messiness

How Curly

kinkiness
7.7
nappiness
  • UK
8.6
curl
76 1.0
to wave
40 5.1

Surface Forms

nappiness singular
nappinesses plural

Morphology

nappiness = nappy (transparent) = nap + y + ness

Derived from 'nappy' (used to describe tightly curled or fuzzy hair) + -ness, so the hair-texture meaning is a straightforward adjective-to-noun change.

Etymology

Nappiness comes from the same idea as the fabric nap and describes 'woolly' or tightly curled hair. So hair with strong 'nappiness' feels fuzzy and textured in the same way a soft cloth does.