patness

English

Etymology

From pat +‎ -ness.

Noun

patness (usually uncountable, plural patnesses)

1. The state or quality of being pat.
   • 1988 January 29, Anthony Adler, “K-2/The Indian Wants the Bronx”, in Chicago Reader‎^[1]:

     The setup's almost laughably pat, and nothing that follows mitigates that patness.

Anagrams

• Stepans, aptness, pantses, pesants, septans