fitfulness en · NOUN
Etymology
Etymology tree English fitful 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 fitfulness From fitful + -ness.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) The quality of being fitful.
I had known him jealous, suspicious; I had seen about him certain tendernesses, fitfulnesses—a softness which came like a warm air, and a ruth which passed like early dew, dried in the heat of his irritabilities: this was all I had seen.
1853, Charlotte Brontë, Villette:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| fitfulnesses | Number=Plur | lexicographic |