bluffness Definition

bluff²
adj bluffer, bluffest

1. Said of a person, character, manner, etc: rough, cheerful and honest; outspoken and hearty.
2. Usually said of a cliff or of the bow of a ship: broad, steep and upright.

noun

1. A steep cliff or high bank of ground.

Thesaurus: bank, cliff, ridge, precipice, headland, height, knoll, promontory, escarpment.

Derivative: bluffly
adverb

Derivative: bluffness
noun

Etymology: 17c in sense 2: perhaps from obsolete Dutch blaf broad or flat.