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wateriness

noun

  1. quality in food/drink of containing excess water (or being thin/weak/insipid)
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Wiktionary

noun

Etymology: From Middle English watrynesse, equivalent to watery + -ness.

  1. The state of being watery.

    In fact, there was such an obvious inclination to wateriness about his eye, and instability about his underlip, that Cripps found it necessary to put the conversation on a less emotional basis.