seediness

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
seediness
    n 1: a lack of elegance as a consequence of wearing threadbare
         or dirty clothing [syn: {shabbiness}, {seediness},
         {manginess}, {sleaziness}]
    
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Seediness \Seed`i*ness\, n.
   The quality or state of being seedy, shabby, or worn out; a
   state of wretchedness or exhaustion. [Colloq.] --G. Eliot.
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         What is called seediness, after a debauch, is a plain
         proof that nature has been outraged.     --J. S.
                                                  Blackie.
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