Fleshinesses

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. The quality or state of being fleshy; the physical characteristic of having a significant amount of soft tissue or adipose layer; the condition that denotes abundant, fleshy forms or figures in anatomy or botany
2. A condition defined by the presence of substantial soft tissue; a term describing the notable corporeality and plumpness in living organisms or anatomical structures; a state associated with the abundance of fleshy elements in various contexts
3. The state of having notable thickness or softness of flesh; referring to the profusion of fleshiness in characters or organic forms; the designation for an anatomical or botanical characteristic pertaining to fleshy appearances

Etymology: "Fleshinesses" is simply the plural of "fleshiness", the quality of being fleshy or plump. The base word "fleshy" goes back to Old English "flǣsc," meaning flesh, and "fleshy" grew from that noun by adding a suffix meaning "full of" or "having the qualities of." The noun-forming suffix "-ness," which turns an adjective into a name for its quality, was attached to "fleshy" in Middle English, producing "fleshinesse" and its variant "fleschynes." Because "fleshiness" is a quality, it is a mass-style abstract noun, and the plural is used only when someone wants to name several distinct instances of that quality, such as different kinds of plumpness in different specimens or cases. The plural is rare in everyday speech.