The quality or state of making clanking sounds; the characteristic of being clanky or metallic-sounding.
From 'clank' + '-ing' + '-ness' (noun suffix for abstract qualities), showing how English creates nouns describing the essence of an action or quality through layered suffixes.
This is a wonderfully awkward word that technically exists but feels ungainly to say! It demonstrates that English allows suffix-stacking almost infinitely, even when the result feels clunky—the 'clankingness' of the word itself matches its meaning!
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