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bolshiness

bolshiness noun: the state of being bolshie.

Noun

bolshiness (uncountable)

  1. (UK) The state of being bolshie.
    • ‘Live as free men — but not (if St Peter will forgive a free translation) as a cover for bolshiness or bloody-mindedness.’1970, John A. T. Robinson, Christian Freedom in a Permissive Society, Westminster: Press, page 212
    • I reflect on how easily the building could fall victim to squatters and, in a moment of bolshiness, think it would serve the negligent owners jolly well right.2009, Anna Nicholas, chapter 8, in Goats from a Small Island: Grabbing Mallorcan Life by the Horns

Origin of bolshiness

From bolshie + -ness.

Questions about bolshiness

What does bolshiness mean?
Bolshiness means the state of being bolshie.
What part of speech is bolshiness?
Bolshiness is a noun.

Words near bolshiness in the dictionary

  1. bolshi
  2. bolshie
  3. bolshier
  4. bolshies
  5. bolshiest
  6. bolshiness
  7. bolshis
  8. Bolshoe Soldatskoe
  9. Bolshoi Ussuriiskii Island
  10. Bolshoy Ussuriysky Island
  11. Bolshoye Soldatskoye

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