stringiness
(ˈstrɪŋɪnɪs)
[-ness.]
The quality of being stringy (see the adj.).
| 1699 Evelyn Acetaria 57 The bigger Roots..should..eat short and quick, without stringiness. 1842 Loudon Suburban Hort. 665 The toughness and stringyness of the London asparagus. 1856 W. B. Carpenter Microsc. 423 The bundles..which give ‘stringiness’ to various esculent vegetable substances. 1884 M{supc}Laren Spinning (ed. 2) 31 Then add 7½ gallons more lye of double the strength, and about 6 lbs. of pearl-ash, to prevent stringiness. |