arseness en · NOUN
Etymology
From arse + -ness.
Meanings
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(Trinidad-and-Tobago, uncountable, vulgar) Annoying foolishness.
‘[…] All orders and decorations should be mentioned, but the reporter should use his discretion in making inquiries about these. To be ignorant of an individual’s decorations is almost certain to offend him. […] After the immediate family, the names of the mourners should be set out in alphabetical order.’ “God! God! Isn’t this just the sort of arseness to make you go and dance on the grave afterwards? […]”
1961, V. S. Naipaul, A House for Mr Biswas, New York: Knopf, published 1983, Part 2, Chapter 8, p. 303: