Corkiness
[kawr-kee] /ˈkɔr ki/
adjective, corkier, corkiest.
1.
of the nature of ; corklike.
2.
Also, corked. (of wine, brandy, etc.) spoiled, especially by a tainted .
adj.
early 17c., “light, buoyant” (as cork is), hence, figuratively, of persons “lively;” from cork (n.) + -y (2). Of bottled liquors or wine, “having a flavor of cork,” from 1889.
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