English
fleshiness
Fleshiness comes from Middle English fleshinesse.
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500fleshinesse
- Englishearliest quotation 1850fleshiness
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500fleshinesse
- Englishearliest quotation 1850fleshiness
Earliest quotation: 1850, Wilkie Collins: “[T]he fleshiness of the chin, and the jovial redundancy…”
Every English word from Middle English fleshinesse
Today it means
noun The state or characteristic of being fleshy.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Middle English fleshinesse / fleshiness