cantankerousness
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From cantankerous + -ness.
Noun
[edit]cantankerousness (uncountable)
- The state of being cantankerous.
- Synonym: cantankerosity
- 1863, George Cupples, Hinchbridge haunted:
- The gamekeeper was slower to smooth himself down than Solomon; who showed much good-temper, setting himself to make up for a little cantankerousness, in fact growing to be friendly.