[f. JUICY a. + -NESS.] The quality of being juicy; succulence. Also fig.
1611. Cotgr., Humidité,… sappinesse, iuycinesse, wetnesse, waterishnesse.
1643. T. Goodwin, Trial Christian’s Growth, 16. Christ begins to shoot some sap of his Spirit into their hearts … stirring up some juicenesse of affections.
1801. W. Taylor, in Monthly Mag., XI. 648. Herder [is remarked] for the many-flavoured juiciness of his style.
1858. Hawthorne, Fr. & It. Jrnls., I. 260. A fossilized city … without enough life or juiciness in it to be susceptible of decay.
