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hussyness en · NOUN

Etymology

From hussy + -ness.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) The quality of being a hussy.
    • And though Jane herself is much more than an underbred little hussy, I fear there is underbreeding and hussyness in her, where she is not a mere photograph. 1895, George Saintsbury, Corrected Impressions: Essays on Victorian Writers, page 162:
    • She was shocked at her brazen hussyness. 2017, April Arnold-Gillar, Ghosts and Physics:

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