scaliness
(ˈskeɪlɪnɪs)
[f. scaly + -ness.]
The condition or character of being scaly.
| 1611 Cotgr., Tignon, a scurfe, or scalinesse of the skin. 1818–20 E. Thompson Nosologia (ed. 3) 325 A thickened, hard, rough..texture of the integuments of the body with a tendency to scaliness. 1829 Good's Study Med. (ed. 3) V. 587 Red dandriff. Scaliness common to the body generally. 1899 Allbutt's Syst. Med. VIII. 661 Its excessive dryness, roughness, and scaliness. |