dankness
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But still not impossible: On the advice of a shrink — OK, several shrinks — we began preparing a covered porch space at the house a month ago for the coming season of dankness.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 22, 2020
“There’s a dankness and gloom about this festival,” one attendee told the New York Times as he waited for the ferry at Yarmouth.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 7, 2020
Liz dried her eyes and took in a deep breath of dankness and car exhaust.
From Nature ● Dec. 17, 2019
Most commercial extracts don’t come in degrees of dankness or pungency.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 23, 2016
I guess the difference is that dampness comes down but dankness rises up out of rot and fermentation.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
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