eariness

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɪəɹɪnəs/
• Homophone: eeriness

Noun

eariness (uncountable)

1. Obsolete spelling of eeriness.
   • 1839 September, [Thomas De Quincey], “Sketches of Life and Manners; from the Autobiography of an English Opium-eater.—Continued. Recollections of Grasmere.”, in William Tait, editor, Tait’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume VI, number LXIX, Edinburgh: William Tait […], →OCLC, pages 573–574:

     [T]he eldest sister, little Agnes, though sadly alarmed, and feeling the sensation of eariness as twilight came on, and she looked out from the cottage door to the dreadful fells, […]