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hussiness

hussiness is the alternative spelling of hussyness.

Meaning of hussyness

Noun

hussyness (uncountable)

  1. 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

Questions about hussiness

What is hussiness the alternative spelling of?
Hussiness is the alternative spelling of hussyness.

Words near hussiness in the dictionary

  1. Hussiens
  2. hussies
  3. hussies up
  4. hussif
  5. hussifs
  6. hussiness
  7. Hussism
  8. Hussite
  9. Hussites
  10. Hussitism
  11. hussives

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