looseness

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun frequent and watery bowel movements; can be a symptom of infection or food poisoning or colitis or a gastrointestinal tumor
noun freedom from restraint
noun a lack of strict accuracy; laxity of practice

From loose + -ness.

So the world judges it more severely than mere gallantry or looseness of manners. — The Red Lily — Complete, Anatole France
He noticed for the first time that the clothes hung on him with pitiful looseness. — The Empty House and Other Ghost Stories, Algernon Blackwood
Many ancient authors and scholiasts have commented upon the looseness and sex appeal of this dance. — The Satyricon — Complete, Petronius Arbiter

diarrhea, diarrhoea, looseness of the bowels

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