grogginess
(ˈgrɒgɪnɪs)
[f. groggy a. + -ness.]
The condition or state of being groggy.
| 1818 Sporting Mag. II. 171 Grogginess is a common term for fullness and swelling in the legs. 1831 Youatt Horse xiii. 252 The peculiar knuckling over of the fetlock-joint, and tottering of the whole of the fore-leg, known by the name of grogginess, and which is so often seen in old and over-worked horses. 1849 Stephens Bk. Farm (ed. 2) I. 342/1 A single journey may produce lameness; it may give the horse spavin, or grogginess. 1884 Sat. Rev. 5 July 27/2 It is a breach of a warranty of soundness if the warranted horse suffers from grogginess. |