The quality or state of being drafty; the presence of unwanted air currents in a space.
Noun form created by adding -ness to 'draughty,' a Germanic suffix meaning 'state or quality of,' allowing abstract concepts to be named.
The -ness suffix is so flexible that English speakers can turn almost any adjective into a noun—'draughtiness,' 'happiness,' 'sadness'—giving us thousands of abstract nouns that don't need to be memorized because the pattern is so predictable.
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