the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. The quality or state of being sooty; fuliginousness.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. The state or property of being sooty.
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n. the state of being dirty with soot
Word Usage
"He was not so dramatic a painter as Dosso, and in addition he had certain mannerisms or earmarks, such as sootiness in his flesh tints and brightness in his yellows and greens, with dulness in his reds."