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unsettledness en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree English unsettled 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 unsettledness From unsettled + -ness.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The quality of being unsettled.
   • Its unsettledness and the extremes of its social style paralleled Mary's personality. 1988 January 8, James Krohe Jr., “Reading: Last Among First Ladies”, in Chicago Reader:
   • All the wives, mothers and sisters in Knoxville will be in a perfect state of “unsettledness” during the coming week in deciding what to give to their boys, husbands, brothers and fathers for X’mas. 1887 December 18, Brandau, Kennedy & McTeer, “Christmas Presents for Gentlemen!”, in Knoxville Daily Tribune, volume XLII, Knoxville, Tenn., →OCLC, page [4], column 5:

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