[f. CORKY + -NESS.] State or quality of being ‘corky,’ in different senses.
1846–55. Carpenter, Princ. Human Physiol., § 408 (L.). A feeling of freedom and lightness (or ‘corkiness’) of the limbs.
1865. Athenæum, No. 1956. 558/1. The prevalent ‘corkiness’ of his [a painter’s] manner.
