freshness

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   The state or quality of being fresh.

   The clear freshness of water from a mountain spring.

2. 2
   noun

   Impudence; cheek.

   1923, Ernest Bramah, The Eyes of Max Carrados "Now we're getting on, sir," was the mollified admission. "You mustn't mind a bit of freshness, so to speak. You took me by surprise, that's what it was, and I've been wound up ever since that happened.".

3. 3
   noun

   originality by virtue of being refreshingly novel

4. 4
   noun

   the trait of being rude and impertinent

From fresh + -ness.

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