undulance

noun

un·​du·​lance

ˈənjələn(t)s,

ˈənd(y)əl-

plural -s

: the quality or state of being undulant

his prose has some of the undulance of the sea

—New Yorker

Word History

Etymology

from undulant, after such pairs as English abundant : abundance

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