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tidyness en · NOUN

Etymology

From tidy + -ness.

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, archaic, uncountable) Archaic spelling of tidiness.
    alt of tidiness
    • […] he then spoke of tidyness, by which he did not mean primness or formality. Tidyness in his garden was a necessity, and formality an abhorrence. 1891, Journal of Horticulture, Cottage Gardener and Home Farmer, page 515:
    • The twelve-year-old boys showed preference for aggressiveness, boisterousness, and unkemptness, but by the age of fifteen, the trait tidy or unkempt had become reversed and tidyness showed a positive value. 1966, Mary Shaw Ryan, Clothing; a Study in Human Behavior, page 264:
    • They didn't know discipline, nor did they know cleanliness or tidyness, and you made them into what you yourself had become, rootless and restless. 2010, Kleopatra Kristbjörg, Copy Cat World: The Book That Has Saved Many Lives, page 22: