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crotchetiness
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun crotchetiness has 1 sense
- crotchetiness(n = noun.attribute) contrariness, crankiness, grumpiness - a fussy and eccentric disposition; Array is a kind of ill nature
Derived form adjective crotchety1
CIDE DICTIONARY
crotchetiness, n.
The state or character of being crotchety, or whimsical. [1913 Webster]
"This belief in rightness is a kind of conscientiousness, and when it degenerates it becomes crotchetiness."
[1913 Webster]
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