handsiness

English

Etymology

From handsy +‎ -ness.

Noun

handsiness (uncountable)

1. (informal, uncommon) The act or state of being handsy; inappropriate touching.
   • 2008, Hester Browne, The Little Lady Agency and the Prince, page 8:

     This was stage three dating handsiness.

   • 2013, Holly Black, The Coldest Girl in Coldtown:

     It was as though, by putting her lips to his-and, okay, allowing a certain amount of handsiness-she'd transformed herself into some kind of cruel goddess of love.

   • 2015, Jessica Clare, The Taming of the Billionaire:

     he owned a chain of coffee shops and seemed content to worship her from afar, which was better than Levi's grating handsiness and constant texting.

Anagrams

• Danishness