Meaning of ploverness | Babel Free

Definitions

The essence of what it means to be a plover; the qualities that make a plover what it is.

nonce-word, uncountable

Examples

“He has no problem with Graves painting “what he feels about what he sees,” but for Peterson, it just doesn't work with birds: “The critic will ask 'isn't it just the very essence of ploverness?' My answer is 'hardly; I know too damn much about plovers.'"”

“The ploverness of this bird. One preened, another fed, most were just static, daydreaming.”

CEFR level