hokiness

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English

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Etymology

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From hoky +‎ -ness.

Noun

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hokiness (uncountable)

  1. The state or condition of being hoky.
    • 2009 June 8, James R. Oestreich, “Tale of Love and Death Along the Fabled Silk Road”, in New York Times[1]:
      And if, as Mr. Ma rightly said, hybridization can lead to creativity, it can also lead to hokiness at times, and there was a touch of that in what remained of the orchestration here.

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