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jettiness

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jet⋅ty

2  [jet-ee]
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–adjective
1. made of jet.
2. resembling jet, esp. in color; of a deep black.
Origin:
1475–85; jet 2 + -y 1

Related forms:
jet⋅ti⋅ness, noun
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jet·ty 2   (jět'ē)   
adj.  

  1. Resembling jet, as in texture.

  2. Of the color jet; black: jetty tresses.

jet'ti·ness n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

jetty 
1418, from O.Fr. jetee "a jetty, a projecting part of a building," from fem. pp. of jeter "to throw" (see jet (v.)). Notion is of a structure "thrown out" past what surrounds it.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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