[f. BRANCHY + -NESS.] Branchy quality or condition. Also fig.
1611. Cotgr., Branchage, branchinesse; thicknes, or store of branches.
1804. W. Taylor, in Ann. Rev., II. 323. The metaphysical generalizations display … a fibrous branchiness of argument.
1806. Month. Mag., XXI. 416. A bush differs from a tree in that its branchiness begins at the very root.
