birdlikeness

English

Etymology

From birdlike +‎ -ness.

Noun

birdlikeness (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being birdlike.
    • 1976, A. C. Spearing, Medieval Dream-Poetry, page 98:
      The irreducible birdlikeness of the eagle in The House of Fame had a similar function, in preventing us from being able to take him too seriously as a figure of authority.
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