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hussyness

hussyness noun: the quality of being a hussy.

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
    • She was shocked at her brazen hussyness.2017, April Arnold-Gillar, Ghosts and Physics

Forms of hussyness

alternative formhussiness

Origin of hussyness

From hussy + -ness.

Questions about hussyness

What does hussyness mean?
Hussyness means the quality of being a hussy.
What part of speech is hussyness?
Hussyness is a noun.

Words near hussyness in the dictionary

  1. husstussies
  2. hussy
  3. hussy up
  4. hussydom
  5. hussying up
  6. hussyness
  7. Hust
  8. Hustad
  9. Hustads
  10. Hustead
  11. Husteads

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