hitchiness en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈhɪt͡ʃinəs/
Etymology
From hitchy + -ness.
Meanings
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(uncountable) The quality of being hitchy.
Put into English, the Saga seems too Norse; and there is often a hitchiness in the verse that suggests translation with overmuch heed for literal closeness.
2019, James Russell Lowell, The Function of the Poet, and Other Essays: