ropiness
(ˈrəʊpɪnɪs)
Also 7–8 roapiness.
[f. ropy a. + -ness.]
The condition or property of being ropy or viscous; stringiness.
| 1663 Boyle Usef. Exp. Nat. Philos. ii. xix. 285 Divers formidable diseases which seem to proceed from the coagulation, or ropinesse of the blood. 1682 Art & Myst. Vintners (1703) 15 The foulness and ropiness of Wines. 1733 Phil. Trans. XLI. 700 The Fetor and Roapiness in her Urine abated. 1742 Lond. & Country Brew. i. (ed. 4) 41 To prevent its running into Cohesions, Ropiness, and Sourness. 1839 Ure Dict. Arts 1304 The tannin by this time will have separated the azotized matter from the liquor, and removed the ropiness. 1850 Brit. Assoc. Rep. Sections (1851) 60 Complaints respecting a disease in their bread termed ropiness. 1883 Science I. 367/2 The ropiness of milk..is caused by the action of microscopic organism. |