edginess en · NOUN
Etymology
Etymology tree English edgy Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English edginess From edgy + -ness.
Meanings
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(uncountable, usually) The state of being edgy.
Fay Lie grabs Isaac Sachs’s elbow. “You’ll remember bumping into Luisa Rey the other day?” “I’m one lucky conscript. Hi, Luisa, again.” Luisa feels an edginess in his handshake.
2004, David Mitchell, “Half-Lives: The First Luisa Rey Mystery”, in Cloud Atlas, →ISBN, page 130:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| edginesses | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Translations (4)
de Angespanntheit (state of being edgy) · es amarillismo (state of being edgy) · es efectismo (state of being edgy) · de Nervosität (state of being edgy)